Counting birds

The Northwest Nature Nut is counting birds. That is very timely for me, as I have gotten three new varieties of birds in the last three days. Woot! I know you can't see it in the picture, but the bird above is a House Finch. I have never seen this type of finch this close to my house, but I have seen a lot of Golden Finch here and at my Aunts house. I wish that I had gotten a better picture. But honestly, the darn chickadees chased him away! I hope he comes back.

This is the type of finch I saw. This picture is from a bird website.

So far, this October, I have seen all of my regulars, which include:

#1. Black capped Chickadees

#2. Chestnut Backed Chickadees

#3. Stellar Jays

#4. Scrub Jays

#5. Bushtits

#6. Robins

#7. Golden Finch

#8. Nuthatch

#9. Woodpeckers

#10. Humming Bird (but not for about two weeks)

#11. Cedar Waxwing

#12. Varied Thrush

This latest few were:

#12. Northern Flicker

#13. House Finch (above)

#14. European Starling

I am not the bird collector Nut is, but at the same time, along with my bird collection, I have started to collect small critters and the neighbors cats as well. I have visitors all the time in my yard. The evenings esp, chickadees will be playing in my bird bath and coming over to the window feeder for a snack of Oil Sunflower Seeds right next to squirrels eating sunflower heads out of my fence feeder, right next to Stellar Jays (ie: the boldest bird in the world!) screaming at the cats and chasing them off my covered patio.

And of course, my resident birds... my chickens.