Our December was filled with birdwatching. We had some exciting new birds and lots of old favorites.
Here is my list and then a few photos:
December 2013
- Anna’s hummingbird
- White-breasted nuthatch
- Western scrub jay
- Oak titmouse
- House finch
- House sparrow
- White-crowned sparrow
- California towhee
- Spotted towhee
- Junco
- Bewick’s wren
- American goldfinch
- Lesser goldfinch
- Mockingbird
- Northern flicker
- House wren
- Nuttall’s woodpecker
- Mourning dove
- European starlings
- Hermit thrush
- California quail – heard but didn’t see
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| Spotted towhee |
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| Junco |
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| House finch |
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| Thinking this is a Hermit thrush-first time we have seen this and only in the snow. |
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| Bewick’s wren |
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| Anna’s hummingbird – at least three still at our feeders in December |
Now a little something to inspire you…
I also finished my December nature journal entry for the extraordinary in the ordinary and December Grid Study. I cut some of the squares from the grid and then used them on my journal page. This is a quick and easy way to create a record of a variety of nature observations in a month.
We are definitely building a snowman birdfeeder again…it was so much fun for us and for the birds!
How exciting that you have a hummingbird. Our Ruby-throated hummingbird left in early September. We are enjoying doing the Project Feeder Watch this year.
Debbie,
Project Feederwatch has an amazing power to make you learn more about common things than you ever realized existed outside your own window. I love slowing down enough to actually identify and then count our feeder birds. So much joy!