2/12 - I talked to our farm store and I bought a bunch of bird seed and sunflower seeds. I have been putting them out for a few days, but I never really got to watch who was coming to eat. Today...what a luxury! I sat out on our deck all bundled up and watched who would come...Ok, so the fatty squirrel ate a lot. But when he wasn't there I saw 2 Evening Grosbeak (my first time seeing them!), 6 morning doves, a ton of Mountain Chickadees, 10 Stellar's Jays (they like to chase the other birds off, but even they were afraid of the squirrel), several male and female Spotted Towhee (had to look them up in the book), a Northern Flicker (I thought it was a Woodpecker, but it wasn't), and one that I think was a Dark-Eyed Junco. I saw one more kind of bird that was brown with white flecks on its wings. I thought it was a Thrush, but now I am not really very sure.
What I thought was interesting was that there were so many birds in the trees surrounding the feeding area. Gabby ran out at one point and a TON of birds that I hadn't even seen were flushed out of the bushes.
Ok, my own wildlife is asking for my attention. Happy wildlife watching!
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