Tag: northern cardinals

Several boards to combine for today’s post: the usual white board, the Feedwatch tally sheet, and the Great Backyard Bird Count board!

• Black-capped Chickadees (10 seen at the GBBC)
• Hairy Woodpeckers (male and female; also 2 seen at the GBBC)
• Downy Woodpeckers (male and female; also2 seen at the GBBC)
• Common Redpoll (31 seen at the GBBC)
• Dark-eyed Junco (1 seen at the GBBC)
• Common Redpoll (31 seen at the GBBC)
• Blue Jay (1 seen at the GBBC)
• Mourning Dove (18 seen at the GBBC)
• White-breasted Nuthatch (1 seen at the GBBC)
• Tufted Titmouse (2 seen at the GBBC)
• Red-breasted Nuthatch (1 seen at the GBBC)
• Evening Grosbeak (female with the injured wing, seen at least twice, including 2/27/13 up on the platform feeder)
• American Crow (1 seen at the GBBC)
• Common Raven (1 seen at the GBBC)
• Brown Creeper (on a yellow birch near the feeder area)

Of course we had some red and gray squirrels!

Project Feederwatch started November 10th. We usually do our observations at lunch, and thos species are included in the list above. This is a great project to do with kids. The Great Backyard Bird Count is another beginner-friendly (and expert-friendly!) citizen science project. This a short-term project (4 days), rather than a multi-month one. We’re looking forward to NestWatch coming up soon (exactly when depends on where you are; they have a spiffy new website too)

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 to make it more difficult for birds to see the watchers. We have chairs and binoculars to try there, a white board, and many identification guides. Outdoors, several feeders are attached on a single, bear-resistant pole. A small pond, flowers and water plants, shrubs and trees add cover and other food choices. You can sometimes see what we see via our webcam.

Didn’t get everything noted on our white board, so we checked our Feederwatch notes too (see below). What a nice mix of birds. I’m sure we’d see more if we just sat by the window all the time!

• Common Redpoll (both mail and female; the larges flock was about 30 birds)
• Common Raven (overhead, not at the feeders)
• Blue Jays
• Mourning Doves (the largest flock seen was about 2o birds)
• Wild Turkey (7  on the 21st, 1 male) (this flock was seen several time, perhaps because of Audubon Vermont’s nearby logging demo? Or perhaps just for the corn!)
• Black-capped Chickadees
• Tufted Titmouse
• Downy Woodpeckers
• Hairy Woodpeckers
• Evening Grosbeak  (the female with the drooping wing was noted on January 9th and 22nd. She fluttered up to the platform on the 22nd!)
• Northern Cardinals (male and female)
• White-breasted Nuthatch

Of course we had some red and gray squirrels. Funny little things! Some of them you can tell apart somewhat easily, but subtle marking or differently-colored fur patches.

Project Feederwatch started November 10th. We usually do our observations at lunch. This is a great project to do with kids. The Great Backyard Bird Count (in February) is another beginner-friendly (and expert-friendly!) citizen science project. We do that do, and the Museum will be open on February 16 so you can count, learn, and enjoy it with us.

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 to make it more difficult for birds to see the watchers. We have chairs and binoculars to try there, a white board, and many identification guides. Outdoors, several feeders are attached on a single, bear-resistant pole. A small pond, flowers and water plants, shrubs and trees add cover and other food choices. You can sometimes see what we see via our webcam.