Gorgeous Day For A Bird Count!

These are some of the prettiest little birds to visit most feeders in our area. They are also some of the most Skittish! It's tough to get one to sit still long enough to frame them up. The weather here today was well into the forties...Most of the snow has melted around our house. I sat outside in my chair dressed lightly. It was a pretty fair two day count. We has an apple tree full of Blue Jays and the House Wren visited again this morning. Our Red Bellied Woodpecker showed up a day early and missed the tally sheet this week. We were also treated with a Song Sparrow as well as two Chipping Sparrows. We had a couple of House Finches at the Thistle Feeder. Neither of them showed any sign of Conjunctivitis. Since we've moved we have had a great decline in the number of House Finches. Our previous count site gave us the opportunity to have a Banded House Finch make himself at home and raise a family. We were able to tell from the bands where he was released and when. Cornell has a section of there Website just for the purpose of identifying Banded House Finches. Well until next time...Happy New Year and Happy Bird Counting!