Once again, I have participated in the Great American Backyard Bird Count. I counted birds at my feeder station here in Cross Lanes, and also at Grandview State Park, Raleigh County, up at our farm in Greenbrier County, and along the Sunrise Carriage Trail, and in Coonskin Park in Charleston.
The number of birds counted seemed to be down this year. At my feeder station I can attribute this to 2 separate situations, both unrelated.
1. Several of our neighbors have had large trees removed from their property over the last year.
2. About 11:00 AM on Friday, the first day, I had a Sharp Shinned Hawk attack the birds at my feeding station. As the write up for this bird notes, this is typical behavior for this bird. What happened in my case, and yes, I think he (she) was successful, was that it scared the birds away for at least the rest of the day.
Thus it is with the natural world. Never seeming to conform to our schedules or our needs.
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