Simon Wates
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One more for the tally yesterday 5th - a pristine juvenile over the ridge in late afternoon sunshine.
77. Hen Harrier
77. Hen Harrier
Richard, Redwings are on their way... Fielfares and waxwings we keep here for a while.
I have put out some more black oil sunflower seeds, hoping for some northern migrates to stop by for a snack. Sometimes we get Red-winged Crossbills, Redpolls and the like in the winter months. None of those have shown up so far. Just been having Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, Black-capped Chickadees, White-breasted Nuthatches, House Finches, an occasional American Robin and many House Sparrows. Perhaps if we get some some colder weather and some snow we might get some of the migrates coming through.
Good Birding to all.
I suppose you couldn't spare me a Waxwing too..........................?
That sounds interesting . . . new to science? :eek!:... Red-winged Crossbills, ....
Thanks Wari, a big flock of Fieldfare turned up today (we have a few pairs resident but these must be from further away) and perched up in the trees with them a few handsome
84 Redwing
I suppose you couldn't spare me a Waxwing too..........................?
30. Coal tit . Enjoying the sunflower seeds in one of the feeders , I have never a coal tit before in the garden .
A couple of species to add to the list from last week, one presumably missed in error earlier in the year:
38. Herring gull (surely not the first I've seen over the garden this year, but I don't appear to have listed it so far)
39. Oystercatcher
Presumably they're generally not keen on your elevation Brenda?
Hi Ken ,I didnt think of that but could be so though always have several great tits, blue tits and long tailed tits from end of october until about end march but first time a coal tit. Also been a first having a hawfinch in the garden , there are a male and female seeing them several times a day near the feeders , hope will stay the winter. Have about 60 birds in my garden every day. Lots house sparrows all year around. Saw a european griffon fly over here during the week, there are quite lot around always but I dont often see them myself.
Snap Brenda, we too have a couple of Hawfinches visiting at the moment and a little gang of 4 Yellowhammers. Last weekend’s snowfall produced the first Willow and Crested Tits to visit the feeders( they tend to stay in the forest) but we get a lot of Coal Tits here, very entertaining! Will add a photo of an odd(leucistic?) Goldfinch that has returned for its second winter.
As for Cormorants Lazza, Anything with webbed feet would be a Mega here, Goosander In breeding season perhaps.....
A few more seen and about time the Yellow-throated Toucans finally showed up not to mention the Lineated Woodpecker.
80. Eastern Wood Peewee
81. Lineated Woodpecker
82. Cattle Egret
84. Nashville Warbler
85. Yellow-throated Toucan
86. Masked Tityra, I'm surprised it took this long to see one.
87. Snowy-bellied Hummingbird. We were hoping we'd see one here, they are mostly a little higher up the mountain.
We might hit a hundred by December 31 but it'll be a tough slog from here on in.
I've been told we should really be seeing around 125 at this elevation but I think I'm starting to bump up against the limits of my own identification skills.
As mentioned once before ornamental plants in the garden slow things down as well. I'm not sure why gardeners like to plant exotics. Perhaps the challenge of getting a plant that doesn't like the local conditions in the first place to thrive.
The landlord said I could plant a few native fruiting species in my corner of the garden which I did. When he saw them he said “weeds'” I said “birds”
Bryan.