Red-winged Blackbird
Avian spring has arrived here in Old Trail. I saw and heard my first of season, male Red-winged Blackbird singing for a mate from a branch along the golf course pond. Today was my first "birdy" day here in Old Trail this February, especially near the southeast corner of Old Trail. I ended up with 26 avian species, including 5 woodpecker species, but not a single hawk or vulture. I saw at least two Pine Siskins. This species winters at irregular locations in the Virginia Piedmont, and normally leaves the area during the first half of May, but I haven't seen this species in Old Trail since November 2020, and wonder if they are already starting to migrate. I relocated the early season Pine Warbler, and may have seen two of them. I saw the Pine Warbler(s?) about 200 feet apart, but it may have been the same bird flying around. However, I also heard two different Pine Warbler songs.
Red-winged Blackbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Juvenile male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pine Warbler
Pine Warbler
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Today's list:
Canada Goose
Mourning Dove
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Wren