Saturday, February 16, 2013

Fifth Post 2.15.13

Great Back Yard Bird Counts, Feb 15 - 18
They started today; here's summaries from a couple . . .

Dungeness Village at dawn
  • Golden crowned sparo  x9
  • Spotted towhee  x3
  • Pine siskin  x40+
  • Song sparo  x5
  • Dark eyed [Oregon] junco  x6
  • Dark eyed [Shufeldt's] junco  x8
  • Sooty fox sparo  x4
  • Sharp shinned hawk  x1
  • Downy woodpecker  x2
  • Red breasted sapsucker  x1
  • Red tailed hawk  x2
  • Beagle  x2
  • Killdeer flyover  x5
  • House sparo  x14
  • Stellar's jay  x3
  • House finch  x5
  • Red winged blackbird  x15
  • Sturnus vulgaris  / Starling  x20+
  • Collard dove  x18
  • Mourning dove  x2
  • Varied thrush  x1
  • BC chickadee  x5
  • CB chickadee  x9
  • a bunch of Bubble gum gulls 
  • and others . . . 
3 Crabs SE Marshes at dusk
  • Barn owl  x1
  • Trumpeter swan  x31
  • Black crowned night heron  x1
  • Great blue heron  x2
  • Cooper's hawk  x1
  • Red tailed hawk  x2
  • Beagle  x2
  • Great horned owl  x1
  • Marsh wren  x5
  • and an assortment of ducks of varying hues . . . 
If you haven't yet, do a count in your yard or where you Bird. For info on how to do one go to  http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc  and have a little Birding fun.

Also today
  • Merlin in tree top along Priest road in NW Sequim.
  • Merlin in vicinity of Carrie Blake Park.
  • Kestrel on wire along Old Olympic hiway in vicinity of Agnew store.