I sense a change coming in my
birdwatching. My intuition, not just the calendar, tells me spring is in the air. Of course, so does the fact that there has been just a bit less activity at the bird feeders; I am going a day or so longer between refills and have been seeing fewer overall numbers of birds in the
binoculars. No, the mix of bird species hasn’t changed, not yet, but I suspect my
birding binoculars will be picking up some new species any day, now. Okay, I am
hoping my birding binoculars will be picking up some new species any day, now. After so many months of winter bird watching, I really am anxious for a change.
It has been a great winter for feeding the birds, though. Given that this has been my first north country winter, it has been different than any other winter in my some thirty years of feeding birds. I should have been keeping accurate records, but so much of what I did this winter was getting setup that I didn’t feel confident that I would establish of good baseline. Next year, though, this gal is definitely going to join
Project FeederWatch and supply some useful information on bird numbers. The mix of birds I get through my birding binoculars, up here in the north country, is quite different than what I have seen in the birding binoculars anywhere else. That much I have learned this winter. For sure, how many folks can say that they have never urban birds, such as a House Sparrow, Starling or even a
House Finch at their bird feeders?