Bird Update

My bird report this week includes the usual chickadees, juncos, downy woodpeckers, blue jays, and house sparrows. Still haven't seen any house finches in quite awhile - very strange. The goldfinches were last seen about three weeks ago. Same with the white-breasted and red-breasted nuthatches. I guess that is because of all the snow we got, and it turned very cold! We had a couple of nights below zero this week.

The big surprise was a Cooper's Hawk that flew into the evergreen tree up on the hill outside my window. The two dozen or so house sparrows that usually hang out there took off in a BIG hurry. LOL! I saw it again several more times during the afternoon on Tuesday. It's fun to get the rare visitors on my Feederwatch count days!