Gearing Up

Design - "Snow Bird"

Chart - "Tiny Tidings XIX"

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 28 count Amber linen

Fibers - WDW & GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 2 February 2016

Completed - 5 February 2016

I am trying to hone my ID skills a bit before the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend.  

Sparrows can be tricky.  I have around a dozen Golden-crowned Sparrows.

And at first glance, this might look like another one.

Instead it is a White-throated Sparrow.

It's coloring is a bit different - more brown and white, with dark brown bands on the top of its head.

The Chickadees are easier to tell apart.

Here's a Black-capped Chickadee.

And here's the smaller Chestnut-backed Chickadee.

Lots of chocolate brown feathers make it easy to ID. 

Juncos coloring tells whether it is a male or female.

Female Oregon Junco.

And the darker colored male Oregon Junco.