UPDATE: Audubon used one of my photos on yesterdays blog. The link is at the end of this thread.
I contributed for the first time this year. Here are a few of the photos that I entered into their photo contest.
1) Black Capped Chickadee
BlackCappedChickadee_Window_GBBC2015_WM-5933 by sjc from vt, on Flickr2)Mourning Doves taking turns getting a drink from the heated pan of water. I had 25 of them on the ground at the same time.
MourningDoves_LetsGetADrink_16X9_GBBC2015-5857 by sjc from vt, on Flickr3)Nervous Bluejay next to my window.
Bluejays_Window_WM-5917 by sjc from vt, on Flickr4)Downy Woodpecker hunkered down as the windchill dipped way below zero, and the snow blew.
DownyWoodpecker_OhTheWind_BorderWM- by sjc from vt, on Flickr5)White Breasted Nuthatch just sitting in my apple tree.
WhiteBreastedNuthatchSitting_GBBC2015_WM-7764 by sjc from vt, on FlickrThis was fun...I shall participate again next year!
My results that I reported to GBBC...I submitted the birds I saw during a 20 minute time slot.
25 Mourning Doves, 2 Downy Woodpeckers, 2 Hairy Woodpeckers, 1 Cardinal, 5 Chickadees, 1 Crow, 10 Bluejays, 2 Red Breasted Nuthatches, and 1 White Breasted Nuthatch. I usually have more American Tree Sparrows than anything else...but not that day! Later in the day, I also submitted a Pileated Woodpecker that I saw in a tree across from my house. And that afternoon, a Northern Shrike landed in the tree on my lawn. He's a predator looking for an easy meal, but he left hungry!
