By consensus, this week’s bird walk was cancelled due to impending cold and snow showers. (Dianne is still thawing out from last Saturday’s Hills Creek walk and the rest of us didn’t want to suffer the same fate.) We got the morning cold and some little bit of flurries but not the dire forecast that was made yesterday.
With no plans to go anywhere, Terry and I decided to keep track of the species seen/heard here at the Aerie from 7 AM ‘til 7 PM. We kept pretty much to the plan but had to make a short trip to the post office and another over to Roseville and Buffalo Bob’s to pick up some meat. (Mmmmm, buffalo!) Each of these short hops added a couple of species to my list. They’re the ones marked with an * after the name.
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel*
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue Jay
Brown-headed Cowbird
Canada Goose
Cardinal
Common Crow
Common Grackle*
Common Raven
Dark-eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
European Starling*
Great Blue Heron
House Sparrow*
Killdeer*
Mallard*
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker*
Northern Harrier*
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-winged Blackbird
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Dove*
Song Sparrow
Turkey Vulture
White-breasted Nuthatch
I tallied 30 species in all. It's quite a list yet several birds that I regularly see/hear aren't on it.
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