January 2006

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Bird Blog: January 2006

Durham, January 31

Tufted Titmouse, Durham, cracking open a seed on a bird feeder. Unlike the other birds, which carry seeds to trees beyond the deck, this bird apparently has established a pattern of coming right to the back door and processing the seeds there. At first we thought a woodpecker was attacking the house!

Durham, January 24-28


Eastern Phoebe, 1/24/06	Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1/27/06	White-breasted Nuthatch, 1/27/06	American Robin, 1/28/06	Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Durham, January 23


Male Purple Finch	Carolina Wren

Durham, January 22


Male Downy Woodpecker	Male Dark-Eyed Junc


Female Yellow-rumped Warbler

Durham, January 14


Red-bellied Woodpecker, my back yard. I took this picture in very dim morning light, so image processing was necessary.

Durham, January 12


Male House Finch	Northern Flicker	Mourning Dove	Chipping Sparrow	Red-tailed Hawk

January 7-11


American Crow, Durham, 1/7/06	Song Sparrow, Lake Crabtree, 1/9/06	Dark-eyed Junco, Durham, 1/10/06	Female Northern Cardinal, Durham, 1/11/06	White-throated Sparrow, Durham, 1/11/06

North Carolina Coast, January 2-3

Canada Geese, Tundra Swans, etc., Lake Mattamuskeet, 1/2/06.


Female Bufflehead (Bucephalus albeola), Pea Island NWR, Dare County, NC, 1/3/06	Female and male Buffleheads, Pea Island NWR, Dare County, NC, 1/3/06.


Breeding male Northern Pintail (Anas acuta), Pea Island NWR, Dare County, NC, 1/2/06	Mostly breeding male Northern Pintails, Lake Mattamuskeet, Hyde County, NC, 1/2/06

Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens), seen on Pea Island NWR, Dare County, NC, on 1/3/06. These geese summer in northern Canada during their breeding season; adults and juveniles fly to the mid-Atlantic coast (among other places) in winter.


The goose on the left is apparently a juvenile, while the other is an adult.	In flight.	The geese with the black bodies and white heads are dark-form adult Snow Geese.


Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Pea Island NWR, Dare County, NC, 1/3/06.	Mute Swan, same time and place

Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus), Lake Mattamuskeet, Hyde County, NC, 1/2/06. These geese were mavericks, avoiding the crowd at the southern extreme of the lake.

Tundra Swans, Corolla, NC, Dare County, NC, 1/3/06. They were flying north at the time, as were a large group of Canada Geese.

American Coots, Lake Mattamuskeet, 1/2/06. This is just a small part of a larger contingent, pictured below.

American Coots, most of entire group.


Song Sparrow, Pea Island NWR, 1/3/06. This solitary bird showed up near the sound near to the road in some tall grass.