We are so ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count and this month we thought we would join Heather over on her blog Kingdom Arrows for a new bird meme. You keep track all month of the birds you see and then post the list and add to Mr. Linky. I love simple!- We live at about 2000 feet in elevation, in North-Central California, foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
- Our yard has pine and oak trees as the natural habitat, supplemented with a variety of bird attracting features like sheltering bushes near feeders, birdbaths at both ends of the yard, and seed bearing plants.
- Weather this month has been unusually warm, very little rain, and absolutely no snow.
Here is our list for our yard- I have starred the most common birds at our feeders:
- Dark-eyed juncos***
- House sparrows***
- Spotted towhees
- California towhees
- Western scrub jays***
- White-breasted nuthatches***
- Mourning doves
- Lesser goldfinches***
- Downy woodpeckers
- Nuttall's woodpeckers
- American crows
- Oak titmouse***
- House finches***
- Purple finches***
- White-crowned sparrows***
- Hummingbird---not sure of identification. We are thinking it was migratory.
- Northern mockingbird
In our travels-
- Mallard ducks
- Common mergansers
- Red-tail hawks
- Cooper's hawk
- Red-breasted nuthatches
- Steller's jays
- Red-winged blackbirds
- Rock pigeons
- Western bluebirds
Don't forget!!!
