eBird Canada Checklist S9762740

Observations

1. Band-tailed Pigeon

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   First found yesterday (February 4) by Al Sinclair coming to his feeders. Several people came to see it yesterday. It was first seen today at 9am but disappeared about 9:30. When I arrived at about 9:40 Greg Stuart and Keven Seymour were already waiting (they hadn't seen it yet). At 10am I spotted it coming into a Sugar Maple in a Hemlock stand just west of the house. We watched it eating snow from the branches of the Sugar Maple until I left. It was easy to observe several key field marks, including red orbital ring, orange basal half of bill, orange legs, pale band on tail (distal half). The bird is in first basic plumage and so shows no sign of a ring or other patterning on nape. Photos were taken and will be sent to OBRC for documentation and posted on my blog: http://mikeburrell.blogspot.com/
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   Age & Sex:

   Age	Juvenile	Immature	Adult	Age Unknown
   Male
   Female
   Sex Unknown		1

   Media

2. Hairy Woodpecker

   Number observed:  2

   Age & Sex:

   Age	Juvenile	Immature	Adult	Age Unknown
   Male				1
   Female				1
   Sex Unknown

3. Pileated Woodpecker

   Number observed:  1

4. Blue Jay

   Number observed:  6

5. Black-capped Chickadee

   Number observed:  5

6. White-breasted Nuthatch

   Number observed:  2

7. Purple Finch (Eastern)

   Number observed:  3

8. Red Crossbill

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   1 bird flying over giving flight call. Call was reminiscent of Downy Woodpecker but slightly more musical

9. American Goldfinch

   Number observed:  8