Citizen Science: Project FeederWatch -- Week #11 Report 2021-2022 Season
This week's featured birds are a Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker and White-breasted Nuthatch.
I typically watch and count birds on Saturday and Sunday. This is my report for 22-23 January 2022.
Sunrises
Saturday and Sunday started off with a beautiful sunrise.
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Original Photos
Bird Watching Notes
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens, ORDER: Piciformes, FAMILY: Picidae)
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Range map for Downy Woodpeckers throughout North America.
Image Source
You can learn more about the Downy Woodpecker at the "All About Birds" webpage.
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus, ORDER: Piciformes, FAMILY: Picidae)
The Red-bellied Woodpecker is a regular at the peanut feeder.
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Original Photos
Range map for Red-Bellied Woodpeckers throughout North America.
Image Source
You can learn more about the Red-Bellied Woodpecker at the "All About Birds" webpage.
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis, ORDER: Passeriformes, FAMILY: Sittidae)
Original Photos
In the next two photos the White-breasted Nuthatch has part of a peanut in its beak.
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Original Photos
Range map for White-breasted Nuthatches throughout North America.
Image Source
You can learn more about the White-breasted Nuthatch at the "All About Birds" webpage.
Bird Counts
My bird counts for the two-day period.
Snapshot from Project FeederWatch Bird Count Summary
Summary of Counts This Season
Snapshot from Project FeederWatch Bird Count Summary
Signing Up for the 2021-2022 Season
Project FeederWatch is a great way to introduce children and adults to science and conservation through bird watching.
If you are interested in joining Project FeederWatch this season, you can learn more and sign-up at the Project FeederWatch website. During the season you will need to record your observations during two consecutive days each week.
Sources
Project FeederWatch -- Collecting Bird Counts for North American Continent
eBird -- Collecting Bird Counts from around the World
Crossley ID Guide -- For identifying the birds of North America
Use of Original Photos
The photographs in this post are free to be used by anyone as long as the photo credit is left on the photographs.
Equipment
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Hi @etcmike, those amazing sunsets are in the same place where you photograph the birds.
Nice👍 job thanku dear friends for sharing this content
Awesome weather pic's beautiful bird in post.☺️
Greetings @etcmike I fail to understand how you make approaches from above.
The back of my house is two stories above the ground. I am taking photos from a window on the second story of my house. Thus looking down at the bird feeders and the tree.
Steem on,
Mike
thank you very much for sharing the project and great photos, have a good day
Great post, nice photos, thanks
Heard so much about the wood pecker but didn't see in the life
pictures of birds are awesome, you took some super shots. just fabulous!!
All birds are so amazing. Simply beautiful! Camera work just mind blowing. Thankyou very much sir for sharing this project and beautiful photos. Have a nice day.
Upvote,resteem and follow done.
Thanks @etcmike for sharing with us those beautiful birds picture. Because of you we can see such nice birds. Project feederwatch is a great project.