Project FeederWatch 3rd Weekend

The third weekend of our Project FeederWatch was fun! On Sunday morning, we added four more species to our PFW list. A House Wren was checking out the brush pile. He spent quite a bit of time around it. Yellow-rumped Warblers, American Robins and Cedar Waxwings all used the birdbath. The Cedar Waxwings were the FOS of the winter season for me. There were about 50 of them in the tree in the backyard and about eight visited the birdbath. I hope they come back more often. The rest of the birds were pretty normal. The Chipping Sparrow population has increased quite a bit. We had 21 of them on the ground feeder at one time yesterday. An American Goldfinch visited the Nyjer feeder yesterday and was back this morning. Hopefully he'll hang around and bring his friends with him.

Birds that we didn't count on the PFW list included more Tree Swallows. There were 10 to 15 flying around over the pasture. Six Eastern Bluebirds were on the power lines out front. American Crows made their presence known around the area where the cows are fed. A Red-bellied Woodpecker dined on the tallow seeds.

This morning has been cold and wet. We haven't had many birds at the feeders. Several Yellow-rumped Warblers were in the hackberry tree behind the house. Fox squirrels have been at the ground feeder several times this morning and that makes the birds a little nervous to be there with them. I've also seen a Sharp-shinned Hawk make several passes over the yard and that will definitely make the birds nervous.

Birds Seen 11/29/09 (15 species): Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Crow, Tree Swallow, House Wren, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow