Counting Birds/Exploring Chalet Feeders

Welcome back. As Project FeederWatch continues, I hope you have set up a feeder and are participating in this worthwhile project.

My first two consecutive counting days were November 14th and 15th, and following are the species I observed along with the maximum number of individuals for each (12 Species).

• European Starling (1)
• Blue Jay (3)
• Black-Capped Chickadee (3)
• House Sparrow (12)
• Tufted Titmouse (1)
• House Finch (4)
• White Breasted Nuthatch (1)
• American Goldfinch (2)
• Hairy Woodpecker (1)
• Northern Cardinal (2)
• Downy Woodpecker (2)
• Mourning Dove (1)

This was a good showing of birds for the first week of the season, There was no snow cover on the days I counted. A few days later we had about an inch of snow and cold windy conditions, and there was definitely an increase in bird activity. However, even though you can choose any 2 consecutive days of the week to record your counts, you can’t count more often than once per week.

My 2nd count was done on November 21st and 22nd. The counts were as follows (13 Species):

• European Starling (1)
• Blue Jay (7)
• Black-Capped Chickadee (4)