Hi All:
It was an extraordinary birdy day today. Hundreds of ring-billed gulls
streamed north, crows were everywhere and we had 3 winter flocks. Fantastic!
Maybe the birds know the cold is coming so they were out feeding??
Everyone is welcome to join us. We meet at 8 am at the Great Falls Visitor
Center parking lot
Sally
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 80
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) 7
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 10
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 12
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 10
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 5
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 35
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 20
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 650
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 12
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 7
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 3
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 4
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 4
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) 70
crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.)) 25
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 25
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 20
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 6
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 2
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 1
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 25
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 12
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 4
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 4
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 10
