Monday, February 18, 2013

Something for Everyone

Design - "I'll Keep You Warm All Winter Long"
Designer - Val's Stuff
Fabric - 30 count WDW Woosteria linen
Floss - Crescent Colours, DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads and Kreinik braid 1 strand over 2 threads
Started - 7 February 2013
Completed - 13 February 2013

On Sunday my sister decided to bird count with me.  So we counted three times at the house, and once at her dahlia garden. 

Feb 17, 2013 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
20 species

  • California Quail 8
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
  • Mourning Dove 6
  • Anna's Hummingbird 2
  • Northern Flicker 1
  • Steller's Jay 8

Scrub Jay
  • Western Scrub-Jay 1
  • American Crow 5
  • Black-capped Chickadee 5
  • Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
  • American Robin 1
  • European Starling 6
  • Spotted Towhee 6
  • Song Sparrow 3
  • White-crowned Sparrow 2
  • Golden-crowned Sparrow 3
  • Dark-eyed Junco 20
  • House Finch 7

Pine Siskin
  • Pine Siskin 1
  • Evening Grosbeak 14

Feb 17, 2013 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
14 species

  • California Quail 11

Red-tailed Hawks
  • Red-tailed Hawk 2
  • Anna's Hummingbird 1
  • Northern Flicker 1
  • Steller's Jay 4
  • Black-capped Chickadee 2
  • American Robin 1
  • Varied Thrush 1
  • European Starling 1
  • Spotted Towhee 2
  • Song Sparrow 2
Junco
  • Dark-eyed Junco 10
  • House Finch 6

Evening Grosbeaks
  • Evening Grosbeak 10

The Dahlia Garden
Feb 17, 2013 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

8 species

  • American Crow 7
  • black-capped Chickadee 3

Black-capped Chickadee and Chestnut-backed Chickadee  
  • Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6

Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch 1

Golden-crowned Kinglet (bottom right)
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
  • American Robin 1
  • Spotted Towhee 2
  • Song Sparrow 1

Feb 17, 2013 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
15 species

  • Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
  • Red-tailed Hawk 1
  • Mourning Dove 3
  • Northern Flicker 2
  • Steller's Jay 1
  • Western Scrub-Jay 1
  • American Crow 38
  • Black-capped Chickadee 3

Robin
  • American Robin 3
  • European Starling 4
  • Spotted Towhee 4
  • Song Sparrow 4
  • Golden-crowned Sparrow 2
  • Dark-eyed Junco 15
  • House Finch 18




8 comments:

cucki said...

Sweet xx
Big hugs xx

Pam in IL said...

Love that snowman finish!

Such wonderful bird counts and pics too.

Margaret said...

The snowman is adorable! So many birds -- wow!

Anna van Schurman said...

I like your snowman. Kilroy was there. ;)

Ann at Beadlework. said...

So many birds, I'm amazed at the variety you've listed over the last few days.

Maggee said...

Congrats on seeing so many different species! Good job! Hugs!

Barb said...

Congratulations on all those birds. We just got chickadees and the rosy nuthatch in the time we had.

Chris said...

Amazing count. So many different types.
Love the snowman too :)