Holidays are over, CLEMSON won the National Championship, so time to get back to my Porch Bird Watching. Today it is cloudy, but warm at 50degrees -> very nice. Jesse Cooke is playing too loud over my music system.
I have a few bottles of Pilsner Urquell.
It is a good time to spend an hour seeing who is about. Two cats are out here fighting for my lap, that is not going to help.
The constant suspects are here:
1- Chicadee
2- Titmouse
3- Gold Finch
4- House Finch
5- Purple Finch
All my Nuthatches are around. They are friendly birds, even land on the feeders as I fill them. These guys are really active and greatly add to the fun as they steal seed and pack it in the Elm Tree bark. The Red is visiting me this Winter and is nearly tame, pays no attention even to the cats. The other two are year 'round.
6- Red-headed Nuthatch
7- White-headed Nuthatch
8- Brown-headed Nuthatch
I only have maybe 5 Pine Warblers, shame as this might be my favorite Winter bird due to being a constant porch friend. Nothing says "Winter" here on the porch more than the arrival of the Pine Warblers. They love my suet mix and chopped peanuts.
9- Pine Warbler
The Chipping Sparrows are at the yard feeders - maybe 50 right now. Over a normal Winter they will help the Junco, White-throat, Song, and Field Sparrows go through around 150 pounds of white millet.
10- Chipping Sparrow
11- Field Sparrow
12- White-throated Sparrow
I don't know why, but to date no Juncos or Song Sparrows have showed. For now I will blame it on the damn wind mills that assholes are using to produce very expensive electricity. I am not a fan (pun intended).
Cardinals are drifting in. I am blessed with a lot of them. My yard has lots of berry bushes and lots of feeders. They are the first birds to hit the window feeder next to my bed everyday. My yard would be a lot less corlorful without these guys, and I don't just mean the males.
13-Southern Cardinal
A Kinglet is down at the branch. Tiny bird gleans bugs in the tree branchs and will come to the feeder for suet mix.
14- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - have the 'Golden' too, but have no seen one so far.
The Jays are raising hell as they like to anounce as they hit the water or the feeders. That woke up my cat. I have out some peanuts in the shell, and that is a magnet for them.
15- Blue Jay
16- Hermit Thrush is taking a bath.
17- Turkey Vultures are over the lake as usual, maybe some 'Blacks in the mix, cant tell from here.
18- Mourning Dove - a few visit for the millet - beautiful bird!
19- Fish Crow are now on the shore. They keep things neat down there and don't bother my feeders at all.
Woodpeckers - seen two so far, and they are a constant in the yard. I have 5 types, but the two always around are:
20- Red-bellied (cat favorite at the bedroom window feeder due to being so vocal)
21- Downey - very tame
Its been about an hour so am posting this. As the beer aint yet exhausted, might/should see more.
I may have more types of birds in Summer, but for numbers - Winter is king. Off the porch there are always many, many birds.
Did I mention CLEMSON is the National Champion.
