Rain much of yesterday and chilly weather today likely accounted for a large
number of birds of several species on my feeders and on the ground near the
feeders today. Some of the feeders contain black-oil sunflower seeds, and the
rest hold suet cakes. All of these feeder birds were seen on my property in
Birchwood in Hamilton County. In addition, more than 50 Sandhill Cranes were
seen from the viewing area at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Meigs County at
Birchwood this morning, but I am guessing that there were as many as 300 late
today.
Feeder species were:
* Mourning Doves
* Red-bellied and Downy woodpeckers
* Blue Jays
* Carolina Chickadees
* Tufted Titmice
* Red-breasted (1) and White-breasted nuthatches
* Pine Warbler
* Eastern Towhee
* Song and White-throated sparrows
* Northern Cardinals
* House and Purple finches
* Pine Siskins (at least 7)
* Goldfinches (probably more than 2 dozen)
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN
