Mountain Chickadees and More Winter Birds

I have had three people tell me about seeing mountain chickadees in their yards in the past week.  We also saw one this morning at Bennington Lake.  While this isn't a rare occurrence, it is unusual for them to be here so early in the fall.  There also seems to be an influx of red-breasted nuthatches in town.  And, if your feeders are being depleted rapidly these days, there have been a huge number of pine siskins arrive in the past two weeks.  Add a large number of returning white-crowned sparrows to the list, and it looks like our winter birds are here!  There were also two dark-eyed juncos at the lake this morning so it won't be long before they return in large numbers also.

 

There were still a few migrants at Bennington Lake this morning including a Wilson's warbler, a common yellowthroat, a couple orange-crowned warblers, several yellow-rumped warblers and a VERY late yellow-breasted chat.

 

Watch your feeders – who knows what might turn up. 

Ginger