Bird count day – December 16th

These are the usual culprits: chickadee, white and rose-breasted nuthatch, goldfinch (winter colours), blue jays, male cardinal, female pileated woodpecker, tree sparrow.

• mourning dove 8
• downy woodpecker 3
• hairy woodpecker 2
• pileated woodpecker 1
• black-capped chickadee 6
• red-breasted nuthatch 2
• white-breasted nuthatch 2
• dark-eyed junco 3
• northern cardinal 1
• American goldfinch 6
• American tree sparrow 2
• blue jay 6

This is a perfect illustration: the downy woodpecker's beak is small, the hairy's beak is much larger, in proportion to its head.