Into March 3-9-22
Don't forget - Spring Forward Saturday!
We've seen other signs of spring, despite the next batch of snow in the forecast.
3-1-22 Eastern Bluebird
3-2-22 Eastern Bluebird female
Eastern Bluebirds are getting brighter, noisier and chasing each other about.
3-2-22 American Goldfinch in cover of white oak
American Goldfinches are turning more yellow. They often perch up in the oak leaves on breezy days, soaking up the sun.
2-28-22 Yellow-rumped Warbler
3-1-22 Yellow-rumped Warbler
3-6-22 Yellow-rumped Warbler
The Yellow-rumped Warbler was fly-catching the day it warmed up to 81 degrees!
3-2-22 Rusty Blackbird
3-2-22 Rusty Blackbirds
Rusty Blackbirds are coming in small flocks of a dozen or so at times.
3-4-22 Brown-headed Cowbird female
3-4-22 Brown-headed Cowbird female #2
Two female Brown-headed Cowbirds came in a week after the males.
3-4-22 FOY #46 Eastern Phoebe
3-4-22 FOY #46 Eastern Phoebe
3-4-22 FOY #46 Eastern Phoebe
An Eastern Phoebe showed up about 10:00 am on 3-4-22 for #46 for the year. It was finding insects on its migratory stop here.
3-4-22 Dark-eyed Junco
3-4-22 Brown Creeper
Dark-eyed Juncos and Brown Creepers will be around into April.
3-4-22 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3-5-22 Red-breasted Nuthatch pair
The lighter pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches are being seen every day, but I think the richer colored pair may have moved on with the strong southerly winds last week.
3-6-22 Song Sparrow
The male Song Sparrow has been singing a bit west of us now, but one of the pair came in to bathe.
3-7-22 FOY #47 Eastern Towhee
For comparison, 10-26-12 Eastern Towhee
Another new bird for the year, #47 popped out of the leaves on 3-7-22. The Eastern Towhee is not a bird I can count on seeing every year, and this was not a soul-satisfying view! The first photo is all I managed before it disappeared. The second photo was taken on 10-26-15 when I got a full view of a male.
This morning, I was filling feeders and heard the sweet trill of #48, a Pine Warbler up in the pond cypress. Perhaps it will show us how beautiful it is! In the meantime, watch for green peeking through the snow...I'll be watching for more birds as they move through our space.