Wednesday, March 9, 2011

First Hermit Thrush

Hermit Thrush
On Monday and Tuesday mornings I do my Project Feeder Watch watching. On Monday, when turning my computer on at about 7 a.m., I looked left, out toward my feeder and saw some movement on a limb past the feeders. I knew it was something a little different, so grabbed my glasses and binoculars without moving my gaze from the "something different." When I focused, I was rewarded with this view of a hermit thrush, who kindly posed long enough for me to get my camera in position. The picture is a little fuzzy, but so am I at 7 a.m.!

My watching was spotty on Monday and Tuesday as I worked at my computer taking glances now and then, and also listened in the yard as I continue to prepare my garden. Here's the list of species I reported this week:

Mourning Dove10
Downy Woodpecker1
Blue Jay1
Carolina Chickadee1
Tufted Titmouse1
White-breasted Nuthatch1
Carolina Wren2
Hermit Thrush1
American Robin2
Yellow-rumped Warbler2
White-throated Sparrow3
Dark-eyed Junco2
Northern Cardinal5
Red-winged Blackbird4
Common Grackle1
House Finch4
American Goldfinch6

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