{"id":7017,"date":"2018-03-08T19:32:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T03:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/?p=7017"},"modified":"2022-07-23T19:33:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T02:33:41","slug":"my-2018-great-backyard-bird-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebirdersreport.com\/west-coast-beat-writer\/my-2018-great-backyard-bird-count","title":{"rendered":"My 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count"},"content":{"rendered":"
I hope everyone participated in at least one day of the four day Great Backyard Bird Count of 2018. I submitted five checklists from four different locations yielding 44 species.<\/p>\n
As I walked out on my back porch on Friday morning, the first day of the count, it was a cool, clear day and the birds were very active at the feeders. As the Red-Shouldered Hawk<\/strong> seen above screamed overhead, Acorn Woodpeckers<\/strong> not only treated themselves to the woodpecker feeder, they had to attack the sunflower feeders as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There were scores of House Finches chirping in the tree tops so I scoured the scene and finally found a pair of Purple Finches<\/strong> that were traveling with them. A male…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n and a female.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There were several Anna’s Hummingbirds<\/strong> vying for spots at the feeders but a few were bathing in the water feature’s waterfall.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Most of the birds feeding at the various feeders would occasionally take time to drink or bathe at the water feature. Here is a male Lesser Goldfinch<\/strong> taking his turn.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As\u00a0an adult\u00a0Bald Eagle<\/strong> and a first of the season flock of\u00a0Tree Swallows<\/strong> flew overhead, several birds were cleaning up underneath the feeders. There were\u00a0California Scrub-Jays<\/strong> gathering up as many sunflower seeds as they could hold in their beaks…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n