Saturday, February 19, 2011

Great Backyard Bird Count

The forecast of snow kept me at home today, and as it was the weekend of the GBBC I got to monitor my feeders all day instead. I had topped up my seed yesterday and had a constant stream of birds all day long: 14 species in all. The bird of the day was Red Crossbill, a new bird for the year taking my total up to 155. This is a bird that I have had in my yard a few times before but only when I kept a flat-topped bird table. Today two males were feeding on the ground.

American Goldfinch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin

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