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February 19, 2014 by: RidgetopFarm&Garden

2014 Great Backyard Bird Count

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This last weekend was The Great Backyard Bird Count. It’s a citizen science project that simply requires us to record the birds we saw over the weekend. I’ve taken part in the GBBC the last couple years & one thing’s for certain – the 2nd weekend in February at our house is going to be crummy weather & terrible for birding.

 

We had rain, lots of rain, & wind most of the weekend.
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Much of the weekend was spent looking out the window to see if it quit pouring.
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Sometimes I got adventurous & opened the backdoor.
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Most of my birding was done looking through the windows this year.
Dark-eyed Junco

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Mourning Dove & Golden-crowned Sparrow

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Golden-crowned Sparrow

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Dark-eyed Junco

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European Starling

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Friday was not as stormy as the rest of the weekend & I’m glad I took advantage of it & went outside. Other than that I tried sneaking outside between rain clouds, but inevitably I would have to come back in due to rain.

 

Our most frequent visitors were a flock of robins…

American Robin

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… and juncos.

Dark-eyed Junco

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The trusty Song Sparrows were also around.

Song Sparrow

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Spotted Towhee

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Left: Brown Creeper
Right: Red-breasted Nuthatch

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I’ve seen this guy before, but he moves so quickly around the tree I’ve not been able to snap a pic until now.

Brown Creeper

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I’ve never spotted these birds around our house. It was a fun find & made up for the terrible weather.

Red-breasted Nuthatch

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Black-capped Chickadee

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Chestnut-backed Chickadee

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Northern Flicker

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Steller’s Jay

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I only caught this guy flying over. He was quite large & on a mission somewhere.

Pileated Woodpecker

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3 Ravens were flying around.

Raven

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This weekend wasn’t a total waste, but I sure wish the weather would have cooperated. I am already looking forward to next year.

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