IntoBirds was thrilled to take part of the Great Backyard Bird Count last weekend February 16-19 sponsored by our friends at The Cornell Lab, the Audubon Society, and Bird Studies Canada here at our headquarters in Ridgefield, CT.
It was a crazy four days of weather with a snowstorm mixed in, but that didn’t stop us from our count.
We had a several species at our Droll Yankees Feeder, at our feeding stump, and in the yard.
Here’s some of the highlights from our backyard bird count.
![Black-capped Chickadee at the Droll Yankees feeder during the Great Backyard Bird Count](https://intobirds.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/blackcappedchkadee_gbbc_web-compressor.jpg)
![White-throated Sparrow from the Great Backyard Bird Count](https://intobirds.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/whitethroatedsparrow_GBBC_web-compressor.jpg)
![Tufted Titmouse from the Great Backyard Bird Count](https://intobirds.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/tufted_gbbc_web-compressor.jpg)
![House Wren from the Great Backyard Bird Count](https://intobirds.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/wren_gbbc_web-compressor.jpg)
![Female Cardinal from the Great Backyard Bird Count](https://intobirds.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/female_cardinal_gbbc_web-compressor.jpg)
![Male House Finch from the Great Backyard Bird Count](https://intobirds.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/finch_gbbc_web-compressor.jpg)
![xAmerican Goldfinch at the Droll Yankees feeder during the Great Backyard Bird Count](https://intobirds.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/goldfinch_gbbc_web-compressor.jpg)
![Turkey Vulture from the Great Backyard Bird Count](https://intobirds.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/vulture_GBBC_web-compressor.jpg)
Totals from the Great Backyard Bird Count
The total from intoBirds Great Backyard Bird Count on February 17, 2018:
House Finch: 24
Dark-eye Junco: 21
Black-caped Chickadee: 18
Tufted Titmouse:16
House Sparrow: 23
White-throated Sparrow: 13
Northern Cardinal: 9
White-breasted Nuthatch: 3
Downy Woodpecker: 3
Blue Jays: 4
American Goldfinch: 6
American Crows: 14
Red-tailed Hawks: 8
Song Sparrows: 11
Turkey Vultures: 8
Cedar Waxwings: 7
Red-bellied Woodpeckers: 2
Carolina Wren: 3
Mockingbird: 3
TOTAL: 196
Early Spring Visitors
And just two days after the Great Backyard Bird Count when we experienced balmy 70-degree weather, we saw our first American Robins, Eastern Bluebirds and European Starlings of 2018.
They just missed the cut. But we’re glad to have them as a reminder that spring is just around the corner.
Now get out and see birds!
Renee
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