Birds in New Jersey 2014

November 2014 - Number twenty-seven (photographed; actually 30 have been seen).

16 November 2014: The 27th bird species to appear in our backyard:
a little native sparrow, the song sparrow!

 

Here's a white-throated sparrow: two dark racing stripes on the head, a yellow area near the eyes, and faint, blurry streaking
on the breast.

 

And here's Number Twenty-Seven, the song sparrow: high-contrast stripes, and no yellow area.

 

Song sparrow also has a very distinctive chest pattern of three dark markings.

 

Welcome, Melospiza melodia!

 

And then, very bad news for the finches, chickadees, titmice, woodpeckers and nuthatches. Would that be a house sparrow
visiting the finch feeder? Could winter hunger overcome its fear of the strands of fishing line hung around the feeder?

 

Yes, a house sparrow. How to stop them from engulfing the finches' feeder, as well?

 

Chickadee goes for some nyjer seeds.

 

19 November 2014: hummingbird feeder, freezing up.

 

20 November: Since the squirrels discovered how to extract sunflower seeds from the mesh feeders, the only solution was to
buy yet another squirrel-resistant feeder.

 

Regardez bien, les mangoires sont Canadiens. Garantie à l'épreuve des écureuils, indeed!

 

21 November: First customer on the newest feeder: chickadee

 

Second customer: titmouse.

 

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Birds seen in our backyard
1
2014-04-28 Mourning Dove _ _ _ _
2
2014-04-28 House Sparrow _ _ _ _
3
2014-04-28 Goldfinch _ _ _ _
4
2014-05-02 Northern Cardinal _ _ _ _
5
2014-05-02 House Finch _ _ _ _
6
2014-05-03 Common Grackle _ _ _ _
7
2014-05-09 Brown-Headed Cowbird _ _ _ _
8
2014-05-09 Downy Woodpecker _ _ _ _
9
2014-05-09 Black-Capped Chickadee _ _ _ _
10
2014-05-09 Red-Winged Blackbird _ _ _ _
11
2014-06-13 Blue Jay _ _ _ _
12
2014-06-20 Rock Dove (Pigeon) _ _ _ _
13
2014-07-19 Starling _ _ _ _
14
2014-08-09 Tufted Titmouse _ _ _ _
15
2014-08-19 Northern Flicker _ _ _ _
16
2014-08-19 Ruby-Throated Hummingbird _ _ _ _
17
2014-08-28 Catbird _ _ _ _
18
2014-09-05 Carolina Wren _ _ _ _
19
2014-09-15 White-Breasted Nuthatch _ _ _ _
20
2014-10-12 Purple Finch _ _ _ _
21
2014-10-12 Dark-Eyed Junco _ _ _ _
22
2014-10-17 Northern Mockingbird _ _ _ _
23
2014-10-24 White-Throated Sparrow _ _ _ _
24
2014-10-25 Robin _ _ _ _
25
2014-10-31 Eastern Towhee _ _ _ _
26
2014-10-31 Pine Siskin _ _ _ _
27
2014-11-16 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia _ _ _
             
             

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