A Tremendous Weekend

I'm relatively tired right now, but wanted to take the time to document my tre-MEN-dous (as Jim Rome would say) backyard birding weekend (10/20-10/21).  It was easily the best I've had since... uh... pretty much ever.


Female and/or juvenile Purple Finches (middle and bottom right) feeding with a flock of American Goldfinches.

I'm just going to let my weekend tally speak for itself.  The quantity designates the number of individuals present at one time...

Sharp-shinned Hawk (1 male, feeding on Goldfinches)
Anna's Hummingird (2, both sexes)
Downy Woodpecker (1, both sexes)
Northern Flicker (1, both sexes, feeding on suet)
Steller's Jay (1)
Western Scrub-Jay (1)
American Crow (1)
Black-capped Chickadee (3)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (1)
Bushtit (3)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Brown Creeper (1, feeding at the suet basket... finally)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (1, female)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
Yellow-Rumped "Myrtle" Warbler (1, both sexes, feeding on suet)
Yellow-Rumped "Audubon's" Warbler (1 female, feeding on suet)
Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco (5)
Purple Finch (2, female and/or juvenile with a flock of Goldfinches)
House Finch (5)
American Goldfinch (44)
House Sparrow (1)


American Goldfinches.  Watch out for the hawks!

I can only hope to have another weekend like this one again...

• Posted at Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:56 PM
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