In our neighborhood now every day is a turkey day. Among the local hominids today is The Turkey Day. But my avian neighbors, by the dozens, gathered like an ordinary turkey day–loving those sunflower chips, a bit of suet for the woodpeckers and chickadees.
Our leucistic junco (click on image for full screen view):
Today–TWO White-throated Sparrows showed up together! Never close together–here’s brightest one (plumage wise, not bird IQ):
Flickers:
Little ‘uns–both chickadees, White-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrow:
What makes a turkey day…
954 Ratcliff Drive SE, Marion, Oregon, US
Nov 24, 2022. 20 species
Wild Turkey 9
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 7
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Steller’s Jay 1
California Scrub-Jay X
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Bewick’s Wren 1
House Finch 8
Lesser Goldfinch 12
American Goldfinch 20
Dark-eyed Junco 25
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Salem Riverfront Park, Marion, Oregon, US
Nov 24, 2022. 11 species
Canada Goose X
Northern Shoveler X
Mallard X
Green-winged Teal 2
Bufflehead 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 50
Great Blue Heron 1
California Scrub-Jay 1
American Crow X
Bison return to Native American land–click here.
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