It was another warm day (for this time of year) in Santa Fe County, NM but the feeders remained active all day with a good mix of birds - 28 species total. It was hard to get any work done with the high level of activity continuing most of the day. Many of the yard birds have learned to come before sunrise to ensure they get in a first round of feeding because they know that right after the first sun rays hit the hordes of Pinyon Jays will move in! Today that was at 7:45 a.m. and 46 crazy and noisy jays took control of the yard.
Three fly-over Sandhill Cranes today were not only unexpected, but a new yard bird to boot - species number 107!
Other birds the parade include Red-shafted Flicker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Broad-tailed Hummingbird (really late), Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, House and Cassin's Finch, Mountain Chickadee, Curve-billed Thrasher, Canyon and Spotted Towhee, Dark-eyed Junco (mostly pink-sided), White-crowned Sparrow, White-winged, Eurasian Collared, and Mourning Doves, and Common Raven.
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| Pine Siskin on New Mexico Sunflower |
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| Dark-eyed (pink-sided) Junco |
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| Part of the hourly invasion of Pinyon Jays |
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| A regal male Pinyon Jay taking a break....sort of |
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| Mountain Chickadee |
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| Mountain Chickadee showing off that honking beak! |
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| Canyon Towhee in his perfect element of soil and dead grasses |
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| Female Cassin's Finch taking a moment to pose |
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