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Backyard Bird Watching

November 16, 2009 by Leslie (LadyMin)

Project FeederWatch began this weekend. Armed with my tally sheet and camera I paid extra attention to the feeders to count the birds. It was not a busy weekend, probably due to the red-tailed hawk that has been scouting the area.

I counted the usual gang of house sparrows, lots of squirrels, a pair of cardinals, a pair of red-breased nuthatches, a few juncos passing through, a couple of chickadees and a lot of visits from the woodpeckers who were enjoying the suet.

Female Red-bellied Woodpecker

Female Red-bellied Woodpecker

The females even posed for a few photos.

Female Downy Woodpecker

Female Downy Woodpecker

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Posted in Birds, Project FeederWatch | Tagged birds, Photos | 4 Comments

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  1. on November 16, 2009 at 1:34 pm Tweets that mention Backyard Bird Watching « LadyMin's Garden -- Topsy.com

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by RayBeckerman, Wild Birds Unlimited. Wild Birds Unlimited said: Nice post! Are you counting? RT @LadyMin: Backyard woodpeckers and Project FeederWatch begins. http://wp.me/paudK-wx #birds #photos [...]


  2. on November 16, 2009 at 8:12 pm uberVU - social comments

    Social comments and analytics for this post…

    This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dichasen: RT: @duncraft: RT @LadyMin: Backyard woodpeckers and Project FeederWatch begins. http://wp.me/paudK-wx #birds #photos…


  3. on November 17, 2009 at 12:14 pm dyane

    nice shots….I really like the female downy woodpecker…nice and sharp


  4. on December 2, 2009 at 10:17 pm Kryten42

    Very good pic’s LM! :D

    You’re getting good at this stuff… :P ;)

    Glad you are doing something you enjoy. It’s good therapy. :)

    Cheers!



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