Greensboro Birds

Project FeederWatch has posted updated trend graphs showing increases and decreases of species since the start of FeederWatch. This is one of the things Cornell does with all the data ordinary birdwatchers submit every year. I was particularly interested in the graphs for the Brown-headed Nuthatch. I’ve encountered so many new life-list birds since moving [...]

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The weekend’s hot-then-cold weather didn’t stop my trio of Brown-headed Nuthatches from squeaking their way to our feeders. I can usually hear their squeaky-toy calls for a few minutes before they arrive, so when I heard them on Saturday I had time to get the camera ready.
According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Brown-headed Nuthatch [...]

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Working at home has its benefits, the best of which is sitting at the window at the precise moment a new bird visits the feeder. Make that a bunch of new birds in this case. Specifically, a trio of Brown-headed Nuthatches. Like many of my feathered visitors, I heard them coming before they actually arrived. [...]

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