[Birdtalk] Unusual day in the yard

[Tim Avery]

It was an odd day at my parents house in Sugarhouse.  This morning I walked 
outside to find 3 specis of woodpecker in a tree in the neighbors yard.  1 
Northern Flicker, 2 Downy Woodpecker, and the suprise, and a new yard bird, 
a Hairy Woodpecker.  The birds could be heard every once in a while 
throughout the day whenever I was outside... the Downies were going nuts.  I 
had to run some errands and upon returning to the house around noon I left 
my car to what sounded like several Yellow-rumped Warblers up the street.  I 
strolled up and soon found 3 birds that were moving through the trees 
together in search of food.  This is only the 2nd time I have seen warblers 
in the neighborhood in the winter (the first being just last week).  A 
pretty good day by that point.

Well I was outside just after 1pm in my garage when I swore I heard a 
White-breasted Nuthatch calling.  I emerged and walked into the backyard and 
heard it again, for sure a White-breasted Nutatch.  I started doing a 
pygmy-owl call and within 30 seconds the tiny bird appeared on top of the 
power pole in our yard.  I went inside and grabbed my camera to take a few 
shots, as this was another new yard bird (2 in a day! in the city!!!), and 
it was rather close.  When I came back out the bird was now working its way 
down the pole and allowed me to shoot a few shots.  Even though the light 
wasnt; great I got some okay shots:

http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=502

Ended up tallying 14 species in the yards today, and missed at least 2 of 
the regulars (American Crow and California Gull).

> Rock Pigeon     2
> Downy Woodpecker     2
> Hairy Woodpecker     1
> Northern Flicker     3
> Western Scrub-Jay     1
> Black-capped Chickadee     3
> White-breasted Nuthatch     1
> American Robin     2
> European Starling     50
> Cedar Waxwing     10
> Yellow-rumped Warbler     3
> Dark-eyed Junco     1
> House Finch     2
> House Sparrow     8
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Good Birding

Tim

p.s. I finally got Bohemian's last Thursday at my house!  That took all too 
long!