Lamar

Hello from Lamar

This is my first post to a "blog" site, so I hope it is right. Did a little birding on 11/23/05 at Lamar Community College (LCC) with another local birder. The best birds were: Red-bellied Woodpecker, male (my companion had seen 3 RBWO the day before 2 males, 1 female) a calling Carolina Wren (CARW) a Gray Catbird (GRCA) a Ruby-crowned Kinglet (RCKI) two Great Horned Owls (GHOW) among the more common Dark-eyed Juncos (DEJU), Blue Jays (BLJA), and many Northern Flickers (NOFL), House Finches (HOFI), Red-winged Blackbirds (RWBL), Cedar Waxwings (CEWA) and American Goldfinches (AMGO). A lone Sharp-shinned Hawk (SSHA) perused the area. At a private feeder this week were four Yellow-rumped Warblers (YRWA) 2 Purple Finches (PUFI) 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches (RBNU) and a female Northern Cardinal (NOCA) among the more common AMGO, many immature CEWA, DEJU and HOFI. Another sharpie flies in to keep everything on the alert.

Lamar and surrounding areas are extremely dry and we are desparate for moisture. Because of the exceedingly warm, dry days our bird populations are down. We need rain or snow.

Cheers,

J.