Project FeederWatch – December 2024
/Our second month of weekly Project FeederWatch counting continued our regulars: white-crowned sparrows, white throated sparrows, house finches, and dark-eyed juncos.
Northern cardinals, red-bellied woodpeckers, Carolina wrens, downy woodpeckers, chickadees and titmice were also in the area – but not present every time we sat for 30 minutes watching our feeders.
Doves returned but in smaller numbers than I remember from previous years.
There is an occasional grackle or starling…during one session that we had 3 starlings, and I was glad that it did not become a trend. Our feeders close done when more than one starling sized bird is trying to get some seed.
The highlight of the FeederWatch sessions was seeing a robin come to the holly trees surrounding the feeders…and eat the berries. I was too focused on watching the bird with my binoculars that I didn’t get a picture! Now most of the berries are gone.
On a non-bird note – we had squirrels tussling in the area under our feeders…babies to follow. I’ve noticed a nest in our neighbor’s river birch.
