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A bad feather day

A bad feather day
Two days ago, I took part in the Cochrane Reserve 2007 Christmas Bird Count. This is north-west of the city. This little male Downy Woodpecker had just visited the feeders at one of the farms/ranches that we stopped at during the day. He looks a little windswept : )

Birds sighted by my small group of 5 people, just in case anyone is interested :

Bald Eagle-2ad/1imm, all feeding on dead coyote.
Rough-legged Hawk-6
Merlin-1 (located 1 km east of Water Valley, 3:50pm)
Rock Pigeon-7
Great Horned Owl-2
Northern Pygmy-Owl-1 (S on R 4.4, about 1 km S of our S boundary-T29.0, at 4:15pm)
Downy Woodpecker-15 (plus 1 at Pygmy-Owl)
Hairy Woodpecker-2 (plus 1 at Pygmy-Owl)
Pileated Woodpecker-1
Blue Jay-2
Black-billed Magpie-49
Common Raven-19 (plus 11 in a group heading west at 4pm.)
Black-capped Chickadee-78
Boreal Chickadee-6
Red-breasted Nuthatch-16
White-breasted Nuthatch-4
Golden-crowned Kinglet-2
European Starling-5
Brown Creeper-1
Bohemian Waxwing-50
White-winged Crossbill-33
Common Redpoll-205
House Sparrow-170

Coyote (alive)-1
White-tailed Deer-13
Mule Deer-8

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