I completed week 3 of
Project FeederWatch back at the end of November. Temperatures were warm and we still had no snow cover at the time.
Blue Jays (taken mid-November) My
Blue Jay flocks just continue to grow; from 20 in week 1, to 29 in week 2, to 31 jays this count. That's a lot of jays!
Besides the jays, I also had
Black-capped Chickadees,
Dark-eyed Juncos, and
Mourning Doves in fairly large numbers (double digit counts). The chickadee flock keeps getting bigger too; from 6, to 10, to 17 chickadees in this count!
Black-capped Chickadee
Here's my recap for week 3:November 30 - December 1, 2009Blue Jay 31Hairy Woodpecker 2Black capped Chickadee 17Dark-eyed Junco 15Red-breasted Nuthatch 1Mourning Dove 11Downy Woodpecker 2Tufted Titmouse 3White-breasted Nuthatch 1American Goldfinch 1Sharp-shinned Hawk 1SPECIES 11
INDIVIDUALS 85
Hairy WoodpeckerHIGH COUNT BIRD
My high count bird was the 31
Blue Jays, which means a lot of noise, a lot of seed, and a lot of BLUE!
BONUS BIRDMy first
goldfinch of the count season showed up, earning Bonus Bird status. I just wish there was more than just one (greedy, aren't I?)
MIAMy male
cardinal who was around for week 1 and 2 was absent this week. :(
THE FIRST 15 MINUTESIt just amazes me how much I see in the first 15 minutes of my first count day each week. 7 of the 11 species were there in the first 15 minutes! 18 individuals were there early.
Tufted Titmouse BEHAVIOR TIDBITWinter flocks are continuing to form. When larger numbers of chickadees hit the feeders, I almost always see titmice, nuthatches and downy woodpeckers out there too.
They're a noisy flock too, with the dee-dee-dees of the chickadees, the hank-hank of the nuthatches, and the zhee-zhee of the titmice. You gotta love 'em!
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