Today is Saturday March 29, . It is unreasonably cold this morning 29+ compared to yesterday temps in the high 50's to low 60's. But as I am finding out; cold, miserable weather is good if you want to go birding. Birds are more active because they need to find plenty of nourishment to keep up their body temperature. There is not much body under all those feathers and therefore they need a tremendous amount of food in order to stay warm this time of year. Their quest for food has a more immediate urgency, it is not as plentiful . Most of last year's readily available food, fruit, seeds, insects, etc. is depleted. Because of the still cool to cold temps not much is available yet.
So keep your feeders full for all of our year round residents as well as the immigrants that are passing though.
Today, as I said is Saturday, and therefore I was able to take my lovely wife along. She is a great companion and I love our time spent walking around the paths and trails in our area. We decided to go to the Howard County Farm Conservancy out on Rt.99. It is beautiful countryside. We were a little disappointed in the lack of wildlife but we enjoyed our time immensely.
Here is the list: American Robin, Caroline Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, Turkey Vulture, American Goldfinch, House Finch, House Sparrow, Tufted Titmouse, Common Grackle, Eastern Towhee (63) American Kestrel (64), Eastern Bluebirds, Red Winged Blackbirds, Mourning Doves, Canada Geese, Red bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Northern mocking Bird, Eastern Phoebe, American Crow, White breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrow, European Starling, and White-throated Sparrow.
I am sure that we also Spotted some kinglets, but since i could not positively ID them they won't count. But if was go to get the Easter Towhee and the American Kestrel (She had a small snake in her talons). Mmm m'good.
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