Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Cooper’s and Creepers, Cooper’s and Creepers, Cooper’s and Creepers

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca

Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

Merlin Falco columbarius

Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos



Mount Royal Cemetery, April 11

-Sunny, 2 degrees

-30ish species in about three hours

-A satisfying selection of birds that should be in the cemetery on April 11

-A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers appeared to be excavating a nest hole 

-Carpets of Dark-eyed Juncos (300?!)

-Personal first of year birds included Golden-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Phoebe, Fox Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, and Winter Wren

-A Pine Siskin near the feeders (Good ear, George)

-A pair of Cooper’s Hawks patrolled the high ground.

-Brown Creepers were everywhere (12+)

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