Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Best Birds of August

Design - "Chickadee"
Chart - "Prairie Birds"
Designer - The Prairie Schooler
Fabric - 32 count Ocean Kiss Wichelt linen
Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads
Started - 26 August 2017
Completed - 29 August 2017

Wonderfully realistic chickadees!
Don't you agree?

August was an awesome birding month, so I thought it might be fun to recap some of the great birds that visited.

Great Blue Heron

Cooper's Hawk

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Acorn Woodpecker

Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Band-tailed Pigeon

Turkey Vulture

Starling

Bushtit

Lesser Goldfinch

Bewick's Wren

Wrentit

American Goldfinches

Junco

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Song Sparrow

Towhee

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Purple Martin

Raven

Steller's Jay

Scrub Jay

Black-headed Grosbeak

Cedar Waxwings

Evening Grosbeaks

California Quail

Rufous Hummingbird


Anna's Hummingbird




Wilson's Warbler


Orange-crowned Warbler

MacGillivary's Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler



Yellow-breasted Chat

Western Tanager - female

Western Tanager - male

With the Vaux and Barn Swallows (no photos) that makes for 43 species for the month. A pretty good crowd! Someone asked me how many species of birds I've seen.  Truly I have no idea as I've not kept at list and most of my birding has been at home.  I'd guess maybe 150 species...that's just a guess.

7 comments:

Margaret said...

Amazing! So many different types of birds! I think we saw a turkey vulture during the eclipse. It was huge! It took care of the poor squirrel who had been squished on our road, so that was nice of it.

Kristen said...

Impressive line up, Beth!

MaryO said...

Wow! Fantastic display! Love your September header too! Thanks for the great pics!

MaryO1230

Robin in Virginia said...

Way to go on your PS finish; love it! Your September header is awesome as are your bird photos.

Barb said...

What a wonderful selection of birds!!!

Maggee said...

Yup--that was one heck of a lineup for August! Congrats!

Mary said...

These are spectacular photos - thanks for sharing them!