Backyard Bioblitz for February

It was a pretty exciting February for our Backyard Bioblitz. We participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count from February 12th through 15th. We also found our first blooming flowers of 2016. Here is our species list for February:

Birds:

• Northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
• American robin Turdus migratorious
• European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• red bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
• blue jay Cyanocitta cristata
• mourning dove Zenaida macroura
• house finch Caprodacus mexicanus
• American goldfinch Carduelis tristis
• yellow-rumped warbler Setophaga coronata
• downy woodpecker Picoides pubescens
• Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
• Carolina wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 
• song sparrow Melospiza melodia
• Carolina chickadee Parus carolinensis
• tufted titmouse Parus bicolor
• brown-headed cowbird Molothrus ater
• cedar waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
• American crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
• Eastern towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
• Northern flicker Colaptes auratus
• red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis
• brown thrasher Toxostoma rufum
• red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
• white breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
• Eastern bluebird Sialia sialis
• pine siskin (dead) Spinus pinus
  

• white-throated sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

 Mammals: 

• gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
• eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

Flowering plants:

• daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus
  

• dandelion Taraxacum officinale
• purple dead nettle Lamium purpureum
  

• grape hyacinth Muscari armeniacum
  

• common field-speedwell Veronica persica
  

Trees:

• silver maple Acer saccharinum
  

• sugar maple Acer saccharum