Christmas Bird Count 2025

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

American Goldfinch Spinus tristis

American Goldfinch Spinus tristis

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

NDG Patch, 8:30-10:00am

-11 species (not 4!) in 90 minutes

-Sunny and -10, colder with the gusts (yesterday saw intense winds, torrential rain, and very warm temps, 12)

House Sparrow-9

European Starling-23

American Crow-4

White-breasted Nuthatch-2

Northern Cardinal-5

American Robin-11

House Finch-7

American Goldfinch-4

Downy Woodpecker-1 heard 

Black-capped Chickadee-8

Rock Pigeon-4

A quick afternoon go-around on Christmas Day saw just 4 species.

Snowbirding NDG

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

Found a guerilla suet feeder

-->November 29

-11 species in 90 minutes

-Windy and -4, felt colder…ground hard and frozen…fingers froze in a few gloveless seconds…long johns weather.

-Red-tailed Hawk flyover.

-Dark-eyed Juncos around.

-On the finch front, only American Goldfinch. Not enough conifers around for much else I reckon.

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

-->December 6

-Snowy and cold (-7).

-4 species in a 90-minute tour.

-I’ve been hearing confusing finches overhead…or were they frost spirits?

-->December 13

-Fluff-fluff snowy and cloudy, but sweaty warm, I over-layered (-8 but felt much warmer)

-Only 4 species, reallllly quiet (Northern Cardinal, House Sparrow, Black-capped Chickadee, Pigeon).