Towheeblog

Recently the Bushtits have been taking sunflower seeds, not just suet bits. Quicker access to calories? Surely it has to do with the calculus of calories, ourt sub-freezing nights and winter stress.

These photos were taken by Philippe Pessereau out near Perrydale, north of Baskett Slough. Snipe and rough-legged down from the Arctic.

There is some hopeful news about people and our planet–click here.

The unsolved puzzle of North America’s Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Live or extinct? Will drones bring proof? Click here for update on the field investigation.

954 Ratcliff D rive SE, Marion, Oregon, US
Dec 19, 2022 13 species

Mourning Dove  17
Northern Flicker  1
Ca Scrub-Jay 5
American Crow  X
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
European Starling  3
Varied Thrush  1
American Robin  1
Lesser Goldfinch  X
American Goldfinch  30
Dark-eyed Junco  20
Song Sparrow  1