Date: 12/7/25 4:01 pm From: Greene, Terri B <tgreene...> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Yard birds (and those flying over), Monroe County
This afternoon, I had grabbed my binoculars in an unsuccessful attempt to ID the flock of approx. 30 small birds that flew toward my feeders and then reversed abruptly and flew out of the yard to the north. A beautiful male Cooper's Hawk flew into the yard from the south and perched in the hackberry tree at the back of the yard for a moment. He then flew over and perched atop one of the feeders for a few seconds before departing. A Downy Woodpecker on the suet remained still as he sheltered himself from the hawk's view by clinging to the far side of the suet feeder.
I recently added a thistle feeder to the offerings in my yard in hopes of attracting the neighborhood goldfinches. The goldfinches will pick the seeds from the live sunflowers in the summer, but ignore my various sunflower seed feeders. After a few days, a single goldfinch has begun to visit the thistle feeder.
The MODOs are feasting daily on the white millet. I counted 55 of them on Dec. 2. Some large, sometimes noisy groups of crows have been passing over in the early mornings.
The mockingbird returned on Dec. 3 for a few dried pokeweed berries. And, much to my delight, the Red-breasted Nuthatch continues to visit the feeders.
Dec 7, 2025 12:21 PM - 12:26 PM
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Dec 6, 2025 7:25 AM - 7:45 AM
Mourning Dove 2
American Crow 146 A long string of crows flew over from north to south at 7:25am. Started counting individually and then by 5s as the flock grew thicker.
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Finch 2
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Dec 4, 2025 9:45 AM
American Goldfinch 1
Dec 3, 2025 7:45 AM - 8:10 AM
Mourning Dove 16
Downy Woodpecker 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern Mockingbird 1 eating dried pokeweed berries
House Sparrow 1
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 1
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 7
Dec 2, 2025 8:10 AM - 5:30 PM
Mourning Dove 55
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Sparrow 7
House Finch 7
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 10
Nov 30, 2025 8:10 AM
Cooper's Hawk 1
Nov 29, 2025 7:14 AM
American Crow 80 flying over from north to south
Nov 28, 2025 9:53 AM - 9:58 AM
Mourning Dove 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
House Sparrow 8
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Nov 27, 2025, starting at 7:40 AM
Mourning Dove 54
Sandhill Crane 50 flying southward at 3:20pm
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
House Sparrow 5
House Finch 11
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 10
Nov 26, 2025, starting at 9:15 AM
Mourning Dove 9
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 2
House Sparrow 12
House Finch 8
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Nov 25, 2025 10:15 AM
Mourning Dove 37
Nov 24, 2025 9:00 AM - 9:35 AM
Mourning Dove 13
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 3
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Nov 20, 2025 6:57 AM - 7:06 AM
Mourning Dove 8
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 60 flying over from north to south
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
House Sparrow 6
House Finch 3
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 5
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