First, the notes:
- I didn't do the count on Friday (I wasn't home) and Saturday because I was too busy getting ready for a party we had that night.
- I am lazy about putting bird food out during the week so it's not uncommon for me to put food out on a Saturday morning, and not really see a variety of birds until Sunday morning.
- During the GBBC, I had put out food on Wednesday (so by Sunday it was all gone), and I didn't refill the feeders until Sunday morning.
- I only counted birds for half an hour on Sunday and double that on Monday (though honestly I kept looking throughout the day on Sunday and there just weren't that many different birds.
- Sunday's count was birds at the feeders (or otherwise close to them), whereas Monday's count was birds in the yard - Grackles and Red Bellied Woodpeckers have never come to any of the feeders, but will sometimes hang out in the yard.
Second, the meat:
On Sunday (7 types):
- Yellow Rumped Warbler
- White Wing Dove
- European Starling
- Blue Jay
- Northern Cardinal
- House Finch
- Downy Woodpecker
- Yellow Rumped Warbler
- White Wing Dove
- European Starling
- Blue Jay
- Northern Cardinal
- House Finch
- Downy Woodpecker
- Mockingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Carolina Chickadee
- Dark Eyed Junco
- Lesser Goldfinch
- Red Bellied Woodpecker
- Grackle
- American Goldfinch
6 comments:
Sounds like a lot of same birds we have around here. The warblers take some searching and I haven't had any in my backyard in Tucson...but I've seen plenty of them this season.
I just looked up Yellow Rumped Warbler and Dark Eyed Junco -- I get the sparrow-like birds all mixed up. I've actually seen a Red Bellied Woodpecker at our tallest, squarest bird feeder, they must be hungry!
It is fascinating to me the differences in birds between our houses. We are relatively close, but I guess our area is more "plains" whereas you are more "deciduous". I have never seen a white wing dove here, but we have lots of mourning doves.
Wow, you really do have some birds in your garden. European starling- really, here in Austin? Have never seen one of those.
Are you in Central Austin? We just moved here and would like to set out feeders, but we're overwhelmed by grackles.
@Anonymous - I'm in NW Austin. I luckily haven't had any grackles (just the starlings). You can try using a small tube feeder - the grackles may be too big to use it efficiently.
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