Photo: Wood duck by Lindsay Vacek

Hello everyone,

It was a beautiful winter morning with bright sunshine and crisp cold air. But yes, it was quite cold. As always, we were rewarded for being intrepid birders, unafraid to go out in any weather. And we met our winter goal of having more bird species than birders!

A tiny Winter Wren was spotted by the north bridge. We found a Fox Sparrow again this week, this time by the south bridge. Above the Fox Sparrow was a very cold looking American Robin perched in a tree – I don’t think that I’ve ever seen one floofed up as much as this one was.

A gorgeous Northern Harrier flew right by us near the music bridge. It flew low enough to give us some great looks, and Eric got a wonderful photo. And the many Tree Sparrows were busily searching for seeds, leaving cute tracks in the snow.

BIRDERS: Cheryl, Mike, Jennie, Lucy, Eric, Marisa and welcome to Hannah and Sammy.

TIME: 8:00am to 10:00am     

WEATHER: 11 degrees, sunny

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographers: Marisa and Eric        

1. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 6

2. Northern Harrier   Number observed: 1

3. Red-bellied Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

4. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 2

5. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 1

6. American Crow   Number observed: 3

7. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 4

8. Winter Wren   Number observed: 1

9. American Robin   Number observed: 4

10. House Sparrow   Number observed: 3

11. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 1

12. American Tree Sparrow   Number observed: 6

13. Fox Sparrow   Number observed: 1

14. Dark-eyed Junco   Number observed: 6

15. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 2

If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/

Corrections, additions and comments are welcome.

Good birding everyone,

Jennie