It was getting so slow that I took to watching this owl stalking the titmouse.
This must be how sailors in those old sailing ships felt when becalmed in the doldrums. Day after day, searching the horizon, waiting for something to happen. Just like these three days. Yes, we have been migratorily becalmed. There has been very little movement of “new” birds in our area. I thought that today, following a night with scattered showers (conditions which usually bring a wave of migrants), might have broken us out of the jinx. But, alas, that damned albatross is still hanging around my neck.
Tim (note green band on left leg) meets Godzilla (who also doubles as Heather Polan).
This pair have taken firm control of this nest box – the male dive bombs me whenever I pass it.
April 15th; Banded 23:
1 Mourning Dove
1 Tree Swallow
1 American Robin
1 Brown Thrasher
4 American Tree Sparrows
2 Chipping Sparrows
2 Field Sparrows
1 Song Sparrow
5 Dark-eyed Juncos
3 Brown-headed Cowbirds
2 American Goldfinches
Species Count: 53 spp. Carol, in a wave of optimism, put up a hummingbird feeder…she mumbled: “Fill them and they will come”. Budding bander, Corry, being put through her paces by Nancy.
April 16th; Banded 28:
2 Mourning Doves
1 Tree Swallow
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 Hermit Thrushes
2 Song Sparrows
1 White-throated Sparrow
8 Dark-eyed Juncos
5 Brown-headed Cowbirds
1 House Finch
5 American Goldfinches
A “white-morph” White-throated Sparrow – the first bird taken from Alessandra’s net.
Species Count: 47 spp.
April 17th; Banded 17:
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 American Robin
4 Chipping Sparrows
2 Song Sparrows
1 White-throated Sparrow
1 Dark-eyed Junco
3 Red-winged Blackbirds
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 American Goldfinches
This female cowbird must have had a nasty collision with something hard to break off half of the top mandible.
This demure female American Goldfinch is over 7 years old!
Species Count: 47 spp.
Rick
I made Rob put out our Hummingbird feeder this week too! If the weather is good, we will see you next Sunday! 🙂