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Monday, January 22, 2018

2017 In Review: Flycatchers, Warblers, Bluebirds Oh My

It's been an incredibly long time since I last posted. In this past year, I did an admittedly poorer job tracking the happenings in my yard than in years past, but I still managed to do a decent job so I figured with 2018 started, sharing last year's results here was a good way to kick start things for this year.

    Species Counts 2017
  1. Birds: 43
  2. Butterflies: 8
  3. Mammals: 5
  4. Reptiles & Amphibians: 1 (The reliable American Toad)

The year started off strong with a couple of Bald Eagles who circled the house riding on thermals in February. I hesitated to run inside to fetch the camera because I didn't know whether to continue to watch them or risk losing site of them. This was the only picture I captured.





We had a pair of bluebirds nest successfully again this year. Although they didn't get started until June, so we only had one nest this year. We also had Flycatchers as regular visitors. We think we saw all of the following throughout the year: Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Wood PeeWee, Willow Flycatcher, and Least Flycatcher.







Fall migration was really something special this past September. Many evenings from Sept 11 through about Oct 11, we had scores of birds come through typically bluebirds, warblers, and flycatchers. Specifically we had Yellow Rumped Warblers and Palm Warblers come visit.







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