October is one of our favorite months. It’s not that there’s a larger diversity of birds (that’s June), but it’s the month with the Big Sit! For us that means birders, friends (some of course are both!), birding, relaxing, bird-friendly coffee, conversation, and probably too many cider doughnuts.
Sometimes we see the birds from the window, and sometimes from our circle outdoors. Here are both lists!
October Through the Window
- Mourning Dove
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Dark-eyed Junco
- White-throated Sparrow
- Tufted Titmouse
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Eastern Phoebe
- Blue Jay
- American Goldfinch
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Common Raven
- Song Sparrow
- Turkey Vulture
- American Crow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Northern Cardinal
- Fox Sparrow (10/30)
(Bold items in this list are those species not recorded in September 2021.)
Big Sit Results
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Barred Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Blue Jay
- Brown Creeper
- Canada Goose
- Common Raven
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hermit Thrush
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruffed Grouse
- Tennessee Warbler
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- unknown falcon spp.
Each hour we uploaded our list to eBird, of course:
- 6-7am https://ebird.org/vt/checklist/S95901264
- 7-8am https://ebird.org/vt/checklist/S95903219
- 8-9am https://ebird.org/vt/checklist/S95906297
- 9-10am https://ebird.org/vt/checklist/S96237398
- 10-11am https://ebird.org/vt/checklist/S96237395
- 11-12pm https://ebird.org/vt/checklist/S95919532
- 12-1pm https://ebird.org/checklist/S96228961
- 1-2pm https://ebird.org/checklist/S96229892
- 2-3pm https://ebird.org/checklist/S96231183
- 3-4pm https://ebird.org/checklist/S96233110
- 4-5pm https://ebird.org/checklist/S96237006
- 5-6 pm https://ebird.org/checklist/S96237223
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The “Through the Window” series is an informal record of observations made by staff, volunteers, and visitors. Anyone at the Museum may add to this list. Observations are usually through our viewing window: a large window with a film covering that helps hide watchers from the birds. We have chairs and binoculars to try, a white board, and many identification guides. Outdoors, several feeders are attached on a single, 8′ steel pole. A small pond, flowers and water plants, shrubs and trees add cover and (seasonally) other food choices . You can sometimes see what we see via our webcam.