The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
September 22, 2022
To mark the fall equinox and the coming unsympathetic short shrift of days, I take solace in the lingering of birds.
So far this month, the Big Yard has counted 81 species, the second highest number for any month this year (April saw 91). And, except for a surprise juvenile rufous-crowned, the sparrows have yet to appear.
I’m off to eastern Arizona for a few days of fly fishing (and birds), one last venture this year into the rugged canyons of the East Fork for solitude with an elk hair caddis and rising brown trout. My report will be forthcoming.
Thanks for reading!
80 species here and we're away this coming week so maybe more for September. Not the best year. 2020 was 87 for September but we weren't away at all that year. Most of the winter sparrows have arrived but I am sad to see that the family of 5 Vermilion FCs has probably moved on. Last sighting was two days ago.
Oh my! I had a Cooper's hawk visit my yard this week. Could the dozen squirrels who come to the feeders have anything to do with it?! (haha) Gorgeous photos.