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Monthly Journal – January, 2017

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January was an unseasonably warm month.  Lots of bird activity with many of the usual suspects and one unexpected rare appearance by a Wilson’s Warbler (see our recent January 14 post).  In addition to the photos below we had visits from a Great Blue Heron and a Red-tailed Hawk.  The Northern Flickers in the photo below were engaged in a territorial fencing display, which we have seen one other time.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – Sphyrapicus varius
Brown Thrasher – Toxostoma rufum
Cedar Waxwings – Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown-headed Nuthatch – Sitta pusilla
Brown-headed Nuthatch – Sitta pusilla
Carolina Wren – Thryothorus ludovicianus
Chipmunk
Eastern Bluebird- Sialia sialis
Eatern Towhee – Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Golden-crowned Kinglet – Regulus
House Finch – Haemorhous mexicanus
Mourning Doves – Zenaida macroura
Northern Cardinal (male) – Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern Cardinal (female) – Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern Flickers – Colaptes auratus
Northern Mockingbird – Mimus polyglottos
Pine Warbler – Setophaga pinus
Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus
Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus
White-breasted Nuthatch – Sitta carolinensis
Saucer Magnolia
Tufted Titmouse – Baeolophus ridgwayi
Wilson’s Warbler – Cardellina pusilla
American Goldfinch – Spinus tristis
Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus
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Monthly Journal – December, 2016

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Neighbors and friends contributed great photos of wildlife in December:  Sandhill Cranes flying south over Peachtree Park,  a possum looking for birdseed, a Cooper’s Hawk hunting in a parking deck at Lenox mall and an owl box newly mounted way up high at owl-height.  Credits and photo descriptions are at the bottom of the post.  Thank you all and Happy New Year!

Sandhill Cranes over Peachtree Park
Possum looking for bird seed
Possum in the trees
Eastern Bluebird
Owl box mounted high
Cooper’s Hawk at mall
House Finch
Japanese Maple seeds
female Northern Cardinal
Possum in ferns

Photo Credits

[1]  Greg Thomas heard the unmistakable sound of Sandhill Cranes flying high over Peachtree Park on December 22 and snapped this great photo with his iPhone.
[2]  Stella and Jack Wissner have a guest living in their back yard.  Stella took two great photos their resident possum looking for food under their bird feeder and resting in a tree.
[3]  Cindy Mayer convinced somebody to mount her Barred Owl box very high in a pine; we reckon somewhere between 30 and 40 feet judging from the photo.  See our post: Here’s Looking at You for more on Cindy’s Barred owls.
[4]  Jan Kuttnauer sent us a photo of a Cooper’s Hawk sitting on an automobile as she was coming back to her car from an exercise session at Lenox mall.  Think he’s hunting for rodents?