In my last post (http://dansgardening.blogspot.com/2014/11/fellow-bird-watchers-its-time-for_7.html), I described Project FeederWatch, a winter long bird survey in which anyone can participate. The project involves counting birds for two consecutive days, at least 5 days apart, from November through April 2015. So choose Saturday and Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday, whatever works for you. Missed a week, not to worry! Project FeederWatch provides invaluable data about bird population biology which can't be obtained by any other method.
Last weekend, I counted birds Saturday and Sunday. Don't think you have enough time? Not to worry. The project doesn't require that you watch continually during your watch days. Spend as much time as you can; however even short periods of time still provide valuable data.
Below is my count data for November 8th and 9th:
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-Breasted Nuthatch 1
American Tree Sparrow 1
Dark-Eyed Junco 5
Norther Cardinal 1
American Goldfinch 2
As you can see the numbers were low. Considering I just started putting out food and there was no snow cover, this is pretty normal for this time of the year.
Finally, some photos from last weekend:
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| Dark-Eyed Junco |
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| Northern Cardinal |
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| American Tree Sparrow |
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| White-Breasted Nuthatch |
Until next time
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