Diario de envirolawgal

Date: 01/29/2023
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Mattydale, New York
Weather: 43 degree, wind 7 mph, cold, compact snow on the ground
*Squirrels: 6 Grey a 2 black squirrels seen eating than chasing one another for food. Jumping almost flying from one tree branch to another. One grey squirrel digging in a patch of grass that was not covered by snow. They were seen everyday and mostly throughout the day until sunset around 5 pm. Appear to be stable and thriving in the our local ecosystem. Squirrels are medium sized species, very vocal, grey or black, fuzzy long tails.
*Song sparrow: Seen around 15 sitting on the bush branches, singing, talking, relaxed. Appear to be a series of tans and browns, very small species, stable conditions in our local ecosystem.
*Mourning doves: Seen around 6-8 sitting in the pine tree branches, relaxed. Appear a tan-ish color with spotting but without white on their feathers. Medium sized species and appear to be stable and thriving in our local ecosystem.
*White eastern pine tree: Seen more than 10 in my home area. Appear thriving and have a few needles still on them. Animals using them as shelter from the snow and cold winds during the day, may have seen some nests for squirrels or birds very high up at the top however, can not identify.

Date: 01-25-23
Time: 10:04 am
Location: Rte 11 Mattydale, NY 13211
Weather: 34 degrees, cold, a lot of snow on the ground, drizzling rain, dark and cloudy, wind 13 mph
*FEMALE cardinal seen 10:04 am. She was alone on a tree branch for a while, very aware, observant for a while before swooped to quickly get food than fly back to the tree branch. She did this a few times. MALE: red seen shortly after a few trees away than ate as well, probably was there the whole time watching the female as they are not usually far apart.
*Song sparrows: a lot on bushes, most of the day, brownish, speckled small birds. Chatty bunch, they swoop and sit on window ledge to eat bird seed several times throughout the day, they do this in groups. They are okay with squirrels and other bird species, however startled by a slight noise and rush all at once flying away.
*Mourning doves: 15 or so on the tree branches most of the day. They eat in a bunch taking turns. Are startled by noise and fly away. Beige, brown and tanish in a silky colored wings and black dots, there are not any white on the wings as the picture for this identified search species shows.
*Starling's: very large amount very high in the tree branches. They come as a large bunch and than a bunch more, to eat. Fine with squirrels and other birds on the ground, startled by noise. Dark black, shiny coat with hint of a dark blue and green feathers, appear to be some spots, medium sized bird species.
*Woodpecker: MALE ADULT pecking at the tree, seen off and on for a bit. Small young child ate from the window sill and went back to a tree branch, did this several times. Black, white, red stripe on the head and back of the neck.
*Blue jay's: Seen 3 blue jay's off and on in the tree's, calling others. Watch their surroundings for a very long time before 1 will swoop very quickly to grab a seed and fly back to the tree, they seem to take turns doing the lookout and eater. Blue, black, mohawk hair, medium sized bird species.

Date: 1/21/23
Time: 8:23 am- 4:36 pm
Temperature: 33, Wind 4, Precipitation 20%, Humidity 76%
Location: Mattydale New York
*Bluejay's: 3 blue jay's eating my bird food today. 1st 1 in a distant tree branch, calling others. They 1 by 1 watch for a while, than swoop down very quickly to eat than fly back to a very high tree branch.
*Mourning dove's: Seen in groups of around 11. Sitting in the tree most of the day, appear to feel safe in the environment and take their time to eat.
*Sparrow's: Seen in large groups, eat and fly in large groups.
*Starling's: Seen in very large groups, fly and eat all together in large groups.
*Woodpecker's: Seen 3 woodpecker's, 2 were adults with stripe on the back of their heads, 1 was a young child. They peck at the trees. They did eat 1 time very quickly from bird suet and seeds.
*Female Cardinal: Seen around 4pm alone, in a tree. She ate quickly and flew away.
*Crow: Seen 1, calling others, seen a few more top of the trees flying around.

Date: 1/20/22
Time: 9:30-10:38 am
Location: Mattydale, NY Rte 11
Weather: 34 Degree's/ 10 mph Winds/ Cloudy/ Shattered Light Showers, Light Snow Flurries/ 66 Precipitation
*White breasted nuthatch: 2 observed flying around, grabbed food for a while and left after around an hour.
*Song sparrow's: Over 15 sitting on bush branches. Eat throughout the day and go back to branches. Make a lot of noises to each other.

Date: 1/20/22
Time: 9:30-10:38 am
Location: Mattydale, NY Rte 11
Weather: 34 Degree's/ 10 mph Winds/ Cloudy Shattered Light Showers/ 66 Precipitation
*Blue Jays: 2 Male blue jay's on a tree branch. Watching for a bit then 1 swoops for food than the other and fly quickly away, they repeated this around 3-4 times.
*Mourning dove's: Around 11 doves on the tree branches sitting around, get food and fly back to branches.
*Wood pecker's: Seen 2 today, 1 with the bright red stripe and another with a orange stripe. Both ate quickly then flew to a tree branch to swallow the food in their mouths. Red striped wood pecker than began to peck away at the tree.

Date: 1/19/23
Place: Mattydale New York
Weather conditions: temperature 38, wind 10 mph, 79 percent precipitation, appears cold, windy, dark, light misty showers and snow flurries, ice on the ground.
Time: Began @ 5:46am:
*Black-capped chickadee: observed early dawn and for a few hours alone, small groups, eating bird food. Very small, grey, white, black bird.
*Sparrow's: Song and house sparrow's appear daily, sunrise until almost sunset, very large groups almost 30 or more on branches of nearby bush. They are very vocal, chattering most the time. The eat and fly in groups, are startled by slight noises and fly away in large groups. They are small, brown, tan, cream and some black spec's.
*Black crows: observed alone, on a high tree branch, calling others. When others come they sit, fly around, at times eat the food but rarely come that close. They are observed mainly before 10 am.
*Finch: Observed as a few on a tree branch for a very short time and ate quickly and left. Goldfinch; Small bird, black, white striped wings, yellowish, cream colored body, white chest. House Finch: larger group, white, brown, tan, cream striped markings.
*Dark-eyed junco: observed on tree branch, alone and in very small group of 3. Eats quickly and leaves. Grey-ish, white pretty fluffy small bird.
*Grey cat bird: Seen in a very small group, ate quickly and left. Long tail, grey small bird and some black marking.
*Red winged blackbird: Female, striped browns and black markings, very small group. Sits on the branch short time than eats and leaves, only seen for a very short time.
*Nuthatch: Seen a few, appears they are mainly white, rustic brown spots, grey-ish blue head, neck, back, wing colors. Ate bird food and left.
*House wren: Seen 2 of these; long tail, brownish, rustic brown, tan and cream colored small bird. They flew to the branch then swooped to eat the food quickly and left early afternoon.
*Flicker: A few; very pretty smooth cream colored neck, spotted and striped body and wings, fairly small bird. Ate the bird food quickly, sat on the branch watching other birds a short time then left, mid morning.

Date: 1/19/23
Place: Mattydale New York
Weather conditions: temperature 38, wind 10 mph, 79 percent precipitation, appears cold, windy, dark, light misty showers and snow flurries, ice on the ground.
Time: Began @ 5:46am:
*Morning dove's: Observed in a large group, sitting on tree branches most of the day until 3:32 pm. They eat my bird seed in groups. They aren't bothered by other birds or squirrels near them. They are medium built, brown, tan, cream with black markings.
*House sparrow's: Observed in large group, sitting on small bush branches most of the day until it begins to get dark around 4pm. They are a very vocal bunch most of the day. From my window they seem to appear mainly female, sometimes appear with a male, but not seen today. They eat my bird food in groups, all flying and swooping together. They are startled by slight noises and all rush and fly off at once. They are very small, mostly brown, tan, cream color and small spec's or tiny stripes.
*Blue jay's & cardinal's:
Appear several types of blue jays, they will sit alone on a branch make sounds to others. They will not eat or move around until they watch for a long time on a branch or others come. Sometimes they will eat alone, very quickly, and then fly off and come back and forth. Sounds appear to call other blue jay's, sometimes seen up to 3 blue jay's at once, and cardinal's. Mostly see red male cardinals, a few times a lighter colored female but not typical in the colder months. They all sit on a branch for a while from a distance and watch the area closely where the bird food appears, when they do move in to eat only 1 comes at a time while others are look out's and they eat quick and fly away to eat it and come back, taking turns. They will only appear very early in the morning and off and on for a few hours.
*Starling: Appear shortly after sunrise in very large groups top of the trees. Slowly, moving lower and closer to the bird food. They eventually all fly down almost at once to eat and do this many times throughout the day until it gets dark. Sometimes later in the day they appear in very small groups. They are startled quickly by noise and all will fly away to the highest branch on the trees for almost an hour before they will come back to eat. They are medium sized birds, black, spec's tan or cream.
*Woodpecker's: Appears several times throughout the day, pecking away at the tree, a downy male with a large red stripe on the back of the head and neck, also a long beak, black and white stripes and spec's. Sometimes he eats, very quickly, the bird food but usually doesn't bother. He has been seen in the warmer month accompanied by a female and a very young baby. Now, the young wood pecker is seen at times a tree or branch or so away from the male, also pecking at the trees. The baby will eat the bird food, not sure the sex of it yet, it was seen today.