winter birds abound
Yesterday (Jan 31) Johanna spotted a flock of birds across the field that looked different from what we usually see. The flock soon flew over and settled behind our house to forage for 20 minutes or so, revealing itself as about 30 Snow Buntings. A new bird for my life list! Here’s a photo (apologies for low-quality lighting):
In the afternoon, we went for a snowshoe walk in the neighborhood woods and saw Wild Turkey tracks (pretty comical looking, really). And early this morning, Dori called to point out that mixed in with the Pine Siskins and American Goldfinches at her feeder are some Common Redpolls (despite the name, a not-so-common bird for me). Lots of wonderful winter bird activity! And spring is just around the corner….
