I've been pretty pleased with the irruption this year and the addition of some new yard birds. I'm located about a mile as the crow flies from Kennilworth Aquatic Gardens and I'm located near 16 acres of woods off of the BW Parkway.
I've had two red-breasted nuthatches and a female purple finch at the feeder every day for the last few weeks in addition to usual suspects which I will list below. Two days ago I had a yellow-bellied sapsucker come to the peanut feeder for the first time but I have not seen it return. Today I had a pair of red-winged blackbirds. That usually happens when we've got snow. Yesterday a black vulture circled overhead and a pair of red-shouldered hawks visited on Thursday. A few weeks ago we had a flock of pine siskins and a few golden-crowned kinglets and a hermit thrush.
Otherwise I've got the expected birds for the DC suburbs.
Cardinals
Juncos
White-throated sparrows
Song sparrows
House sparrow
Eastern towhee
Goldfinch
House finch
White-breasted nuthatch
Red-bellied woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Coopers hawk
Blue jay
Common grackle
Starlings
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Denise Ryan
Cheverly, MD
@B1RDERGIRL
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