Although I saw a few large birds on the trail this morning, it was the small ones that stole the show. I arrived a little after 9:00, and had logged 33 species in 2-1/2 hours. I may have gotten more species, but three women with eight screaming toddlers showed up for a walk on the trail, and a lot of the birds went into hiding.
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Blue-head Vireo
Blue-head Vireo
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Immature White-crowned Sparrow
Immature White-crowned Sparrow
Immature White-crowned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow (left) and Savannah Sparrow (right)
Chipping Sparrow
Female Purple Finch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Phoebe
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk
Yesterday afternoon I put some thistle seeds in one of the tubes of my bird feeder, hoping to attract Pine Siskins and other finches. Within five minutes there was a male Purple Finch at the feeder. When I got home after hiking the trail this morning, there was an American Goldfinch and a Pine Siskin at the feeder, but an interloper (Downy Woodpecker) had other ideas, and the Pine Siskin quickly left the goodies.
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin and Downy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker