Mimus polyglottos, Northern Mockingbird, photo: Lynn Jones
Today Lynn and I spent some time watching the very birdy thickets where we had seen the Brown Thrasher in late December. There was still plenty of food, berries on the shrubs and vines, and likely still plenty of weed seeds.
Cathartes aura, Turkey vulture, photo: Lynn Jones
Over head we had:
Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura
Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis - the dark-tailed one (which we saw clearly to be "red" feathers banded with dark brown or black - so a young individual
Buteo jamaicensis, Red-tailed Hawk, photo: Lynn Jones
In the bordering trees:
American Robin, Turdus migratorius
Everything else was in the thickets:
Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapillus
House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus
Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
Gray Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis
Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus (heard, but not seen)
Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis
Other birds on campus today:
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis
European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris
And there were fresh Turkey tracks in Wednesday morning's new snow.
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