Greensboro Birds

It was brisk and sunny all weekend, but the birds kept coming to visit. More are arriving with mates—a nice sign that these short winter days will be gone soon. My solitary Carolina Wren seems to have found a match, as has our regular White-breasted Nuthatch. If only I could count cumulatively, and I’d love [...]

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Nice weather Saturday, lousy wet weather Sunday. Both good bird days on our balcony. Here’s my Project FeederWatch tally of species (most seen at one time, not cumulative) visiting our feeders this weekend:
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 2
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
House Finch 4 [...]

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Even though yesterday was nearly 70 degrees and today is quite rainy, our feeder enjoyed a hefty crowd. I love when I can count five or six different species at one time on our little balcony. What a coup!
(The numbers represent the most of each species at one time, not the cumulative total. This ensures [...]

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It was a warm weekend, but we still had a decent number of visitors to our feeders last weekend:

Mourning Dove 2 (I saw them fly off the railing as I walked Happy below. I’m pleased to say they didn’t return. MDs are greedy feederhogs.)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown-headed Nuthatch [...]

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I count birds every winter for Cornell’s Project Feederwatch. It’s part of their citizen science program, in which birdwatchers around the United States and Canada report the variety and number of birds that visit through the winter. PFW is instrumental in determining fluctuations in population and migration patterns, as well as tracking various bird diseases [...]

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