The viewing window is only part of the October picture. We also had the Big Sit! Such a great day to be birding … chilly, rainy, but with friends.
October Bird Lists
At the Viewing Window
- Mourning Dove
- Blue Jay
- White-throated Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Northern Cardinal
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Tufted Titmouse
- Eastern Phoebe
- Common Raven (heard from the front door also)
- Pileated Woodpecker (flew and called over the parking lot)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Downy Woodpecker
- American Goldfinch
- Northern Flicker
The Eastern Chipmunks have been busy this month.
(Bold items in this list are species not recorded in September 2023.)
We have some notes on feeders and avian influenza in previous months’ posts.
During the Big Sit
- White-throated Sparrow
- Black-capped Chickadee
- American Bittern
- Blue Jay
- Northern Cardinal
- Tufted Titmouse
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Mourning Dove
- American Crow
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Brown Creeper
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Common Raven
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Phoebe
Not the most species ever, but we hardly ever observe an American Bittern (this one was flying over). So exciting!
Once again, big thanks to Jim O for coordinating our circle of Loonatics, and for all the birders who came for the day or a just dropped in to say hi.
For much more info, see https://www.thebigsit.org/.
Check out the reports from previous years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (overall), 2021 (overall), 2021 (ours), 2022 (overall), 2022 (ours).
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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.