First of all, to bring us up to date – yesterday’s little Owl has been confirmed as a Boreal Owl….and no, I didn’t see him today…sightings like that are few and far between!
So, today is Groundhog Day and all the Ground Hogs back east have predicted an early spring…
that is because it was cloudy and they couldn’t see their shadows…as you can see it isn’t cloudy here – NOT that we have Ground hogs here, but if we did, it would have seen it’s shadow…so what does that mean? The folks back east deserve an early spring….we, on the other hand, haven’t actually had a winter yet.
looking the other direction there is cloud moving in. But back to the birds…today, just the usual suspects..
Spotted Towhee and that big flock of Red-wing Blackbirds, the usual ducks, lots of Mallard, a few Gadwall, American Wigeon and Green Wing Teal.
Steller’s Jay, and the pair of Raven flew over. A scattering of Bald Eagles and about a dozen Swans way over by the Harrison River.
a good sized flock of mixed Black Cap Chickadee and Dark Eyed Junco on the way home…all in the completely wrong area for pictures, facing directly into the sun.
So what can we expect now that February is here? Well by mid month we should be seeing an influx of American Robins, and by the end of the month the red finches, the native Purple Finch and the introduced House Finch should both be showing up. None of these species are far away but for some reason seem to vacate this area for a few months in the middle of what is supposed to be, winter. As you may have guessed, I like winter…and am a bit disappointed we didn’t get the real one we were promised!
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