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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Guess that was winter

Well, I guess we've had winter.


 Yesterday we woke up to a little bit of snow.....today, it is all gone.

The bird count is finished for another year, 


I guess the most exciting find were these 2 Red head ducks....in the middle to the left.  I'm not sure I've ever seen them in this area before.  Will have to check my species list.

Today we started out with birds all over the place...


a male Hairy Woodpecker....

and


a male Downy Woodpecker....

and for another comparison...


a chunky Fox Sparrow....


and the streaky Song Sparrow....

Unfortunately the pleasant walk didn't continue as a very heavy misty rain started, we were quickly soaked through!  

On a sad note.....


this winter we have lost one of the sets of Purple Martin boxes.  This is the piling they were on, so rotten, that it has broken.   Lets hope the other two sets survive....it would be such a shame to loose the colony that has built up here over the past few years.

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