February has been a transformative month up here on the hill. We officially have a box that will contain some future awesome photo fun. Behold:

Everything is paused for a few days as we hopefully wrap up the water situation early next week. After a few glorious days of 60-degree weather, we’re sinking back into winter this weekend as well. So I thought, as an exercise that celebrates what is to come, I will now list all the birds that we saw here in the last week. As I prepare to announce the first workshop at The Kitchen in May, here is a sample of some of our avian friends who you can meet if you join us.

• Dark-Eyed Junco
• Eastern Bluebird
• Downy Woodpecker
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Red-Bellied Woodpecker
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• Tufted Titmouse
• American Goldfinch
• White-Breasted Nuthatch
• Carolina Wren
• Carolina Chickadee
• House Finch
• Blue Jay
• Cooper’s Hawk
• American Starling
• American Crow
• American Turkey

Be sure to download the Merlin Bird ID app if you would like to do some audio exploration as well.