With the pending snow storm ready to dump 8+ inches, the feeders will become a lifeline for birds. I refilled them and Rob bate refilled with Thistle seed since I ran out of the latter in my storage. The thistle goes very fast from the voracious appetites of those goldfinches and siskins ! ;)
I added a new small feeder that was gifted to me for this site , one to hold larger striped sunflower cause they are too large for the three mesh feeders holes. Larger species will go for these seeds likely cardinals. I think the larger sunflower seed are too large for the small beaks of chickadees and similar sized birds. That's good, different seed type, maybe more bird diversity.
Note today a Brown-headed Cowbird. I'll look up the feeder list so far later.Two Pine Siskins during my refill. A later report from RBate reports 5 Pine Siskins...Its gonna be a busy day tomorrow with all the snow ground cover.
From Rob Jett
Location: Prospect Park--Feeders
Observation date: 1/10/11
Number of species: 16
Mourning Dove 6
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 9
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 10
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)
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From Rob Bate:
I saw the Chipping Sparrow and our Gray Catbird at the feeders this morning and the Tree Sparrow by the Lullwater later afternoon. Good day for our resident "half-hearties."
Prospect Park
Observation date: 1/11/11
Number of species: 29
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Cooper's Hawk X
American Coot X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren X
American Robin X
American Tree Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
House Finch X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
Feeders
Observation date: 1/11/11
Number of species: 17
Mourning Dove X
Downy Woodpecker X
Blue Jay X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Gray Catbird X
Chipping Sparrow X
Fox Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
House Finch 8
Pine Siskin 5
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow X
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Below is the total species account for 2011 so far for the Feeders site. birds feeding or in the vicinity by HIGH COUNT and observer ( From Cornell Ebirds website)..22 differnet species seen by various observers.
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Shane Blodgett Jan 5, 2011
2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Christopher Eliot Jan 5, 2011
3 Mourning Dove 13 Peter Dorosh Jan 6, 2011
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Christopher Eliot Jan 5, 2011
5 Downy Woodpecker 5 Christopher Eliot Jan 5, 2011
6 Blue Jay 1 Adam Welz Jan 8, 2011
7 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Adam Welz Jan 3, 2011
8 Tufted Titmouse 1 Larry Zirlin Jan 4, 2011
9 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Christopher Eliot Jan 5, 2011
10 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Adam Welz Jan 3, 2011
11 Chipping Sparrow 1 Adam Welz Jan 8, 2011
12 Fox Sparrow 2 Adam Welz Jan 8, 2011
13 White-throated Sparrow 22 Adam Welz Jan 8, 2011
14 Dark-eyed Junco 10 Adam Welz Jan 8, 2011
15 Northern Cardinal 8 Peter Dorosh Jan 6, 2011
16 Red-winged Blackbird 9 Adam Welz Jan 8, 2011
17 Rusty Blackbird 1 Adam Welz Jan 8, 2011
18 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Shane Blodgett Jan 5, 2011
19 House Finch 11 Peter Dorosh Jan 6, 2011
20 Pine Siskin 5 Adam Welz Jan 8, 2011
21 American Goldfinch 21 Peter Dorosh Jan 6, 2011
22 House Sparrow 15 Shane Blodgett Jan 5, 2011
