Grand Vue December 28, 2012

Today I hiked Grand Vue for about two hours. I set out to map the coordinates for each of all 12 nest boxes. When I first arrived around noon I noted many birds at the feeding stations. A pileated woodpecker as well as downey, hairy, and red bellied all were feeding at suet cakes. Many other birds but I took the time to count 43 mourning doves. I also noted a red breasted nuthatch as well as 3 white breasted nuthatches. After my walk I again counted a large flock of birds, this time 62 cowbirds!