{"id":3761,"date":"2012-02-21T07:01:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T15:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/?p=3761"},"modified":"2012-02-21T07:01:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T15:01:28","slug":"the-great-backyard-bird-count-was-lots-of-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/world-bird-wednesday-2\/the-great-backyard-bird-count-was-lots-of-fun","title":{"rendered":"The Great Backyard Bird Count Was Lots of Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Anna’s Hummingbird<\/strong> (Calypte anna<\/em>) photos by Larry Jordan<\/p>\n I missed the first day of the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) because I had to work on Friday \ud83d\ude41 But I had Monday off for President’s Day \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n Guess where my Great Backyard Bird Count took place? That’s right, in my backyard. I had a total of 21 species including two female Anna’s Hummingbirds<\/strong> collecting nesting material (click on photos for full sized images) and one male perched at the top of an oak tree looking out over his domain.<\/p>\n There were Western Scrub-Jays<\/strong> a plenty, I counted seven at one time.<\/p>\n <\/a>Western Scrub-Jay<\/strong> (Aphelocoma californica<\/em>)<\/p>\n Acorn Woodpeckers<\/strong> abound in my area though my high count in my yard this weekend was only four.<\/p>\n <\/a>Acorn Woodpecker Male<\/strong> (Melanerpes formicivourus<\/em>)<\/p>\n The second highest count was for Lesser Goldfinches<\/strong> at 26.<\/p>\n <\/a>Lesser Goldfinch Male<\/strong> (Carduelis psaltria<\/em>)<\/p>\n I had probably more Purple Finches<\/strong> in my yard this weekend than ever before. I took this shot of the female, that doesn’t get as much glory as the more brightly colored male of the species, as she came out into the open.<\/p>\n <\/a>Purple Finch Female<\/strong> (Carpodacus purpureus<\/em>)<\/p>\n This Nuttall’s Woodpecker<\/strong> was being very cagey and I never got a good photo of him but I was just glad to have him on my count!<\/p>\n <\/a>Nuttall’s Woodpecker<\/strong> (Picoides nuttallii<\/em>)<\/p>\n Of course this time of year, the Dark-eyed Juncos<\/strong>, also known as snow birds to some, travel in large flocks. I had only 36 as a high in my back yard when I did my count. There were a lot more out of my sight!<\/p>\n