bird obesrvations: SUNY Empire State College Winter Ecology Class

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.

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