Friday night, my Mom called all excited to tell me about the three Flickers that showed up at her feeder that day. She must have brought me good luck as a Northern Flicker also showed up here. I had only seen one once before and that was the first weekend of PFW. Later in the day, a Downy Woodpecker after a long absence.
Northern Flicker
Downy WoodpeckerAmerican Robins are in the area quite often, but I've never had one visit the feeder area for the purpose of eating until Saturday morning. I had crumbled an older suet cake made of, among other things, peanut butter and raisins. One or two Robins showed up throughout the day to feed upon it. Remembering how much they enjoy raisins from my days at the house, today I placed some on the railing and the Robin continued to come back.
American RobinAnother rare visitor also stopped by for a while. The American Goldfinches are getting brighter and brighter ....... Spring will be here soon! Another sign of Spring .... the Cardinals continue to sing throughout the day.
American Goldfinch
Northern CardinalFull weekend count for Project FeederWatch:
- Mourning Dove 2
- Downy Woodpecker 1
- Northern Flicker 1
- American Robin 2
- European Starling 1
- White-throated Sparrow 6
- Dark-eyed Junco 1
- Northern Cardinal 2
- House Finch 6 (1 with eye disease)
- American Goldfinch 1 (0 with eye disease)
- House Sparrow 7
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4 comments:
I like your flicker. That's the yellow shafted northern flicker right?
Hi NWB! Yes it is the yellow-shafted. I've heard of a hybrid yellow/red being in Missouri, but I don't think I've heard of a pure red-shafted here.
Nice photos Amy and I love Lucy's blind..LOL..Funny as I had my first flicker here too....Michelle
I've heard of yellow x red shafted hybrids before but the only flickers I see are the pure red shafted.
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