Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Day 17.326: FeederWatch surprises

Many of the expected visitors made our list this weekend:

Eastern bluebird perched on the edge of the birdbath

But there were some surprises too - two first timers (for the FeederWatch lists):

House sparrow - we see them nearby, but not at our feeders before this

White-throated sparrow. Not sure if we've seen one in the backyard before, but certainly not on a FeederWatch day. We see them nearby quite often during migration.


A large hawk flew by but landed  a little out of our count area and, since it managed to perch where this was our only view, we would have struggled to positively identify it in any case:

By size alone, I suspect red-tailed hawk but I'm far from sure.


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