Mid-March 2009 Bird Report

The Goldfinches are gone, but Pine Siskins (30) remain on the thistle. (Picture: five siskins and one finch on bottom left.) The front yard is full of Red-Wing Black Birds (72), Juncos, White-throated sparrows (beautiful song), a couple Pine Warblers, couple of Eastern Phoebes, our Cardinals (Sid and Nancy), Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, White-Breasted Nuthatches, and Red-Bellied Woodpeckers (pictured below). We've seen lots of cormorants and coots on the lake this winter. There is a family of snapping turtles living by the boathouse and five Mallard ducks come down for happy hour every couple of days.