I sent this on Monday, but I have not seen it on the list, so I am
sending it again. My apologies if it is a duplicate.

On 2/15/2010, "Darlene Sybert" <drsybert at northtown.org> wrote:

>Today I participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count for the first time
>and enjoyed it immensely.

>I chose the area around my feeders that hang on a Hazel(nut) tree and includes the ground and bushes nearby.
>Icounted the birds listed below within
>30 minutes. I kept watching for another 1 1/2 hours, hoping the
>mourning doves, goldfinch, song sparrow, and chestnut backed chickadees
>would show up. They spend most of the day at my feeders every day, but
>not today while I was watching at least. Some of them may have been >intimidated by so many Evening Grosbeaks.

>Here's what I counted:
>
> Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) - 1
> Steller's Jay - 3
> Black-capped Chickadee - 3
> Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
> Spotted Towhee (Pacific) - 4
> Fox Sparrow (Sooty) - 1
> Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) - 13
> Pine Siskin - 21
> Evening Grosbeak - 28
>
>I know there were more Junco, Towhees, Siskin, and Grosbeaks, and there
>are three Fox Sparrows that live here, but I could only count the
>largest number that were all there at the same time. (In other words,
>if 3 Jays come and fly away and later 2 Jays come, you can only count
>that as 3 Jays.)
>
>PS: something else exciting here today, the sun is shining through to
>earth, and the daffodils are coming up!
>
>Darlene
>Cinebar
>
>If you want to see the totals for the country (and Canada, I think), you can go to
>http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/ and click on "Explore the Results."
>
>The Great Backyard Bird Count is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of
>Ornithology and National Audubon Society. For more information about
>either of thoes entities, go to http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Membership
>or http://www.audubon.org/gbbc/index.shtml

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