January | the Intown Hawk

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

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

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

Crocus

Again our monthly journal is mostly about birds. In addition to these colorful visitors, we saw many Blue Jays, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Red-tailed Hawks in January. The weather continues to be unseasonably warm, and we are seeing territorial disputes already beginning; particularly Eastern Bluebirds, Brown-headed Nuthatches and American Robins. And we are on the lookout for early hummingbird arrivals.