Monday, December 21, 2009

December 21st, Winter Solstice


Cheer up, tomorrow we start gaining 4 minutes every day towards springtime...

Feeder birds seen during a 10 minute late afternoon watch:

Red-bellied Woodpecker
White-throated Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
Blue Jay
Red-winged Blackbird
Mourning Doves
Downy Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch

Lake
~130 Northern Shoverlers
Bufflehead (drake, missed during Prospect xmas count)
Mallards
Coots
Ring-billed Gulls ( many many more gulls this late morn/ afternoon ,but I was too beat chopping ice on park many stairs this morning to look.)
American Black Duck
Canada Geese

other -Cardinals, WT Sparrows on paths....
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PS>Thanks to Eni Falci for her 20 dollar donation for birdseed for the feeders.