We are warm today, 67* right now. We have a high wind warning starting at noon today as another cold front blows into our area. But for right now, we are nice…Friday we will be wet again. (I hope it goes around us–we are way too wet as it is and need some drying weather for the pinto bean farmers in the area to be able to get their pinto beans out.)
Anywho….
There is a really cool program through Cornell called Project Feeder Watch. Go Here to Sign UP.
This is a program of a winter long survey of birds that visit backyard feeders across America. Watchers count they birds they see at their feeders from November through April and send in their reports. The program tracks invasive species as they move across the continent, like the Eurasian collared-dove (or ring-necked dove), and measures the decline of species such as evening grosbeaks and the population increase of other birds such as Northen Cardinals, Tufted Titmice and Carolina Wrens. Oh, yes and I think the Redbellied Woodpeckers.
I will probably have one million counts of House Sparrows and Starlings, but I’m going to give it a try.
Your friend on a California Mesa farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I am so envious of your skies. They are always so beautiful and ours have been boring for months.
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VERY pretty cloud pictures today, Linda! Have fun counting the birds…it’s a fun thing to do.
Blessings!
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I would love to do this if I were home all the time but will wait until I retire and can expand my feeding stations.
The picture you closed with is gorgeous! We’re to have showers this evening and possibly tomorrow evening.
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Your pictures are stunning! I so miss those skies. We have a ton of doves here. I will have to pay more attention to them. We also see blue jays, woodpeckers and the occasional and very pretty cardinal.
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I hope that wet weather misses you this time Linda. That bird count sounds interesting. We always have a one day bird count organised by the R S P B in early Summer. But I have never heard of a long one like yours is going to be – I would be interested in the results.
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Yeah, sparrows and starlings with an occasional magpie is all we get in the winter.
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enjoy the day while you have it. i’m sorry you’re getting more wet weather coming. wish you could pass it on over here…
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I will have to pass the link on to my Mother. They have a ton of feeders and some pretty cool birds. November – April is way too busy for me. Feeding cows, calving etc. Those collard doves – UGH! They showed up here a few years ago. Then they had babies! The season on doves is only a month long here. The collard doves is year long. They are like a pigeon!
Hope you guys stay dry. And the wind isn’t too wicked!
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Sure hope the wet weather holds off. If I knew my birds better I would give it a try. I bet my sister-in-law will be doing it!
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Thanks I will check it out!
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I know what you mean about the starlings and house sparrows.
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Love your pictures, Linda. 🙂
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Please. NO. MORE.RAIN. (Magic thoughts coming Colorado’s way from here.)
That Cornell program is a good one. I did that one time years ago (back when we had a permanent backyard).
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Thanks for that link – sounds like lots of fun!
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Good talking with you yesterday. We were glad we had a tough, little, Toyota Tacoma to get us out of the mud Sunday morning on top of Grand Mesa.
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From the FeederWatch team at Cornell, a hearty Thank You for the kind words about the project. We are excited about the upcoming season (our 28th) and are just about to launch a brand new website full of exciting resources. We look forward to hearing about the birds at your feeders!
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