It was nice to have a day with almost no precipitation – just a little patchy light drizzle every now and again. Things picked up at Ruthven with more birds around, not huge numbers but certainly more, including 2 new species for the year: Purple Finch and Horned Grebe (this latter species was the first one recorded at Ruthven since we started).
As well as birds we had lots of really good baked goods and Irene Fotheringham, bless her heart, dropped off not just sweets but a large new set of home-made bird bags!
Banded 31:
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Winter Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
1 Eastern Bluebird
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
1 Dark-eyed Junco
2 Red-winged Blackbirds
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Purple Finch
14 American Goldfinches
ET’s: 46 spp.
Photos:
Rick