Great Backyard Bird Count 2-17-2-20-2012

2-11-2012
This is a rare shot of one of our smallest backyard birds, the Ruby Crowned Kinglet or Rubycrest.
Kinglets are fearless of people and are common during the winter but rarely hold still for a photo.
This bird was taken one week before the 2012 Bird Count  

I participate in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count each year. This survay is done by Cornell Labs during the second week in febuary to monitor the populations of birds in North America. I counted the birds in my yard during all four days but I also counted the birds at several locations around Wilmington. These locations include Airlie Gardens, Maides Park, Hugh's Mcrae Park. Some of the highlights from my bird count include an adult Bald Eagle at Airlie Gardens, a Merlin in my yard and the Eastern Towhee. All of the birds that I recorded are not rare species in North Carolina but several birds were of interest.

Bird list

My Backyard  6:45-8:00AM

2-17-2012

2 Red Bellied Woodpeckers

10 American Crows

2 Fish Crows

15 Carolina Chickadees

6 Tufted Titmice

4 Carolina Wrens

4 Eastern Bluebirds

24 Cedar Waxwings

18 Yellow Rumped Warblers

2 Pine Warblers

10 White Throated Sparrows

4 Cardinals

22 Red Winged Blackbirds

2 House Finches

2-18-2012

1 Merlin

1 Cooper's Hawk

2 Mourning Doves

2 Downy Woodpeckers

4 Red Bellied Woodpecker
12 Carolina Chickadees

4 Tufted Titmice

4 Carolina Wrens 

1 Ruby Crowned Kinglet 

4 Eastern Bluebird

20 American Robins

2 Mockingbirds

13 Cedar Waxwings 

4 Starlings 

25 Yellow Rumped Warblers 

4 Pine Warblers 

4 Cardinals 

1 Song Sparrow 

3 Field Sparrow

6 White Throated Sparrows 

12 Red Winged Blackbirds 

4 Common Grackles

10 Brown Headed Cowbird 

1 House Sparrow 

2-19-2012

1 Red Tailed Hawk

2 Mourning Doves

2 Downy Woodpeckers

4 Red Bellied Woodpecker

1 Pileated Woodpeckers
9 Carolina Chickadees

4 Tufted Titmice

4 Carolina Wrens 

1 Ruby Crowned Kinglet 

4 Eastern Bluebird

6 American Robins

1 Mockingbird

1 Brown Thrasher

25 Cedar Waxwings 

4 Starlings 

22 Yellow Rumped Warblers 

4 Pine Warblers 

8 Cardinals 

3 Field Sparrow

6 White Throated Sparrows 

12 Red Winged Blackbirds 

8 Common Grackles

4 House Finch

1 House Sparrow 

2-20-2012

1 Red Tailed Hawk

1 Cooper's Hawk

1 Mourning Doves

4 Red Bellied Woodpecker

9 Carolina Chickadees

4 Tufted Titmice

4 Carolina Wrens 

4 Eastern Bluebird

18 Cedar Waxwings 

2 Mockingbirds

4 Starlings 

25 Yellow Rumped Warblers 

4 Pine Warblers 

4 Cardinals 

6 White Throated Sparrows 

25  Red Winged Blackbirds 

4 Common Grackles

1 House Finch

Maides Park 2-17-2012 3:45 PM-4:00PM

12 American Crows

4 Carolina Chickadees

 1 Carolina Wren

1 Ruby Crowned Kinglet

Hugh McRae Park 2-17-2012

10 Candia Geese

3 Mallards

2 Feral Ducks

1 Double Crested Cormorant high

1 Red Bellied Woodpeckers

9 Brown Headed Nuthatches

6 Pine Warblers

1 Carolina Wren

1 European Starling high 

Airlie Garden's Audubon Trip 2-18-2012 8:30 AM-11:00AM

8 American Widgeons

1 Green Winged Teal 

4 Mute Swans 

42 Candia Geese 

4 Pied Billed Grebes  

1 Double Crested Cormorant

1 Great Blue Heron

3 Snowy Egrets

1 Great Egret

6 White Ibis

1 Laughing Gull 

3 Ring Billed Gulls 

2 Forester Terns  

1 Bald Eagle

4 Red Tailed Hawks

1 Cooper's Hawk 

4 Turkey Vultures

1 Mourning Dove

2 Red Bellied Woodpeckers

1 Northern Flicker

2 Carolina Chickadees

4 Tufted Titmice

1 Carolina Wren

1 Golden Crowned Kinglet

4 Ruby Crowned Kinglet

25 American Robin

1 Mockingbird  

14 Cedar Waxwings

8 Yellow Rumped Warblers

2 Cardinals

2 Red Winged Blackbirds

4 White Throated Sparrows

2 House Sparrows