Sit Spot - January 21, 2020

January 21, 2020 2:32 p.m.

Sit 560 : Brush Pile W ; Cloudy 

-5° (-12°)  sw 20-30 kph 75% humidity 

Chickadees,

(Jet, traffic noise)

(Southwest Airlines flight 1188...)

Extras:

Cardinal,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel 

 

Photo Site #4 - Jan. 21

Sadie, our dog, let me know 

a deer was across the valley.

Sit Spot - January 20, 2020

January 20, 2020 9:13 a.m.

Sit 559 :  Brush Pile W : Sunny 

-17° (-22°) W 6-9 100% humidity

Chickadees,

Crows,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

(Jet, traffic noise)

(Southwest Airlines flight 5786…)

Extras :

Many crow calls for all the time I was outside

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Grey Squirrels,

Black Squirrels

Photo Site #3 looking southwest from West Meadow

Sit Spot - January 19, 2020

January 19, 2020 9:03 a.m. 

Sit 558 : Brush Pile W : Cloudy 

-4° (-12°) W 31-43 kph 87% humidity 

(Jet, traffic noise, Train)

(Delta Airlines flight  1128...)

Black-capped Chickadees

Chirps like Robin - not seen

Extras:

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

Cardinal,

Grey Squirrel,

Black Squirrel,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Blue Jays,

Mourning Doves,

Red Squirrel,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

2 White-tailed Deer 

Regular Photo Site 2 - Willow

End of Ducks . . .

            All seemed normal in the barn yesterday morning at feeding time but it seemed too quiet when I arrived in the evening. When I got to the duck's pen I found out why. Our two ducks were lying dead by their water dish. Almost no evidence of why or how at first, but when I moved them, one had its head completely gone, beak and all, and the other had its neck badly mangled. There were only a few down feathers on the ground and no real sign of a struggle. Given the tracks that I found in the snow outside the barn this morning, I suspect a weasel. There was no evidence of any animal going over the gate in the barn and only a tiny bit of food from the morning feeding was gone so it must have happened soon after I left the barn in the morning.

Photo from 2017

Sit Spot - January 18, 2020

January 18, 2020 4:22 p.m.

Sit 557: Brush Pile E : Snowing

-3° (-6°) e 7-11 kph  100% humidity 

(Jet, traffic noise)

(Snowplow back up warnings)

(Delta Airlines flight 1202...)

Snow crystals falling 

Again, no bird sounds

5:30 a.m. no snow

7:30 a.m. fine snow flakes with wind

Sit Spot time: about 15 cm of snow on ground

East Pond Photo Site #1

Did a 12.5 k run this morning in the snow so the sit spot was in the afternoon today.

A photo shot of a photo shot 

from yesterday at the RBG.