March 24, 2020
I started my birding trip around 12:00 on March 24, 2020. It was partly cloudy with a temperature around 43 degrees Fahrenheit. It had both snowed and rained in the past few days so that probably had some effect on the bird’s activity level. For the first half of my walk, I was hearing a bunch of different species but all I was really seeing were a few American Crows. In the second half of my walk, I saw a Black-capped Chickadee and a northern Cardinal up in some trees. I saw a bunch of American Robins in a neighbor’s yard and as I was finishing up the walk, I saw a Blue Jay fly by. I finished up my Birding trip around 1:15.
I didn’t see very many birds interacting, for the most part the ones I saw were alone. The few times I saw multiple birds interacting, they seemed to be gathering food. I watched the blackbirds for a while and they would stop at a tree eat some seeds, take a branch, fly off then return a minute later to a different nearby tree and repeat the process. Northern Cardinal males have bright red plumage which are fairly easy to spot while American Robins have Grey/brown backs with a much more muted red on their undersides. The plumage of a Northern Cardinal is ideal for attracting a mate. The bright color draws females to the males. The muted colors of the American Robin help camouflage the birds better especially this time of the year when trees haven’t regrown leaves to act as cover yet. Their brown backs blend nicely with the tree bark making them more difficult to see while up in a tree. Though I tried “spishing” a few times, nothing really happened which leads me to believe I was probably doing it incorrectly. In general, it is so effective with small birds because it alerts them to possible threats they either want to further investigate or escape from.
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