Natural History Wanderings

Today I signed up for Cornell Lab of Ornithology‘s Project FeederWatch. From my backyard FeederWatch viewing area I saw 14 bird species today including a Townsend’s Warbler and Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

American Robin by Sandy Steinman

I also saw American Robins and Cedar Waxwings in my front yard, but they won’t count for the Feeder Watch. We went out for a walk and when we left there were many berries on our two Toyons/Heteromeles arbutifolia, which are also known as Christmas Berry. When we came home most of the berries were gone. I guess the Cedar Waxwings decided Christmas was over and it was time to remove the berries from the Toyons.

Cedar Waxwing by Sandy Steinman

To learn more about FeederWatch go to  Project Overview – FeederWatch

To see today’s bird list go to New Year’s Day 2015 Bird List