A Little Birding
Wednesday 23 December 2015
59 °F
A small road trip yesterday and very warm temperatures today has led to my seeing some birds. I haven't found anything rare; however, I thought you might like seeing these photos.
AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, nonbreeding plumage:
Female HOUSE FINCH:
Various waterfowl on Wolf Lake, which straddles Illinois and Indiana:
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE:
Male DARK-EYED JUNCO, "Slate-colored" race:
Male RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER:
AMERICAN CROWS:
Male DOWNY WOODPECKER:
Male HAIRY WOODPECKER:
MOURNING DOVE:
Because I didn't see any particularly rare birds, I won't have a "bird-of-the-day," but some of the highlights were the PINE SISKIN yesterday, a woodpecker trifecta I had today with DOWNY, HAIRY, and RED-BELLIED, as well as an unphotographed WHITE-THROATED SPARROW which is uncommon for this late in the season. I attached the eBird list for today only below.
Good birding,
Henry
World Life List: 885 Species (no life birds)
15 species (+1 other taxa)
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 1
Dark-eyed Junco 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
House Finch 1
House Sparrow 20
passerine sp. 2
