New year, new bird

[dantesspirit]

So yesterday, after filling the feeders before the winter storm came in (lots of rain and sleet over night), I decided to see what hits I'd get from the Bird ID app, as the shrubs and trees were loaded. I could recognise a few by sight, still couldn't tell you which is a Carolina Chickadee and which is a Black Cap, and the difference in Sparrows, but I can distinguish Eastern Towhees by sound now.

any way, a new bird popped up! A 'Palm Warbler'. Huh. Ok. Never seen that before. Maybe it's a misidentified bird. So I looked it up to see what they look like in the event I spot one.



Lo and behold... That is definitely an Immature/NonBreeding Adult Palm Warbler. And a female House Finch. That's a new Lifer on the app for me.



There's at least 2. They appear to be the Western Palm Warbler, Nonbreeding Adult/Immature variety. It seems they may still be migrating, or have decided here is a good place to overwinter, due to an abundance of open shrub land, boreal forest with bogs/ponds and plenty of easy snacky foods.

Pretty cool.

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[dantesspirit]

Chewy has these, the red are under 10.00, and the green are around 11.00. We're up to 7 of them now.

They're great for bird blends with lots of sunflower seeds, dried fruits, nuts, etc. Squirrels try to get stuff from them, but so far, other than what sticks out, they've been unsuccessful. We wrap the hang chain around a branch and hook it on itself, so they can't pull them down easily either.

Almost every bird we get uses them, even non clinging types like sparrows and cardinals.