GBBC Day #2 - Maplewood Park

[Bird Brain]

Hi everyone.  Woke up today to "Winter Wonderland" and my first thought was "it's not going to be a good count day" ... and wasn't.    But ... had to try ....

So, went tromping through about 3" of snow at Maplewood Park from 7:30-9:30am.  The first hour was bad and I almost went home but decided to try one more walk around the park.  

Total # of species:  6
Total # of birds: 61

Sighted:

Mourning Dove
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow

Sadly disappointing, especially with no hawks or woodpeckers.  The good:  beautiful scenery and lots of snow coming down while walking plus lots of paw prints in the snow - dog, rabbit and squirrel.  

At one point, caught a very strong scent of Skunk and was looking around wondering where the Skunk is.  Turns out, it was a woman that had walked behind me smoking a joint.  

 :roll:

Maplewood Park:  East side of Glen Erin Dr., just North of Aquitaine Ave.

http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

[Howieh]

Very quiet here except for the juncos that showed up just after dawn. Wow, is that snow ever heavy, thought I could sit on it and melt it - too slow so I finally gave up and shoveled!

[Bird Brain]

Very quiet here except for the juncos that showed up just after dawn. Wow, is that snow ever heavy, thought I could sit on it and melt it - too slow so I finally gave up and shoveled!

Hi Howieh.  I haven't sighted many Juncos this Winter at all.  Maybe tomorrow.