This week's featured birds are an Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker, and Red-bellied Woodpecker.

I typically watch and count birds on Saturday and Sunday. This is my report for 23-24 April 2022. This is my last report for the FeederWatch season.

Bird Watching Notes

Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus, ORDER: Piciformes, FAMILY: Picidae)

Original Photos

Range map for Red-Bellied Woodpeckers throughout North America.

Image Source

You can learn more about the Red-Bellied Woodpecker at the "All About Birds" webpage.

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis, ORDER: Passeriformes, FAMILY: Cardinalidae)

Original Photos

Range map for Northern Cardinals throughout North America.

Image Source

You can learn more about the Northern Cardinal at the "All About Birds" webpage.

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens, ORDER: Piciformes, FAMILY: Picidae)

Original Photos

Original Photos

Range map for Downy Woodpeckers throughout North America.

Image Source

You can learn more about the Downy Woodpecker at the "All About Birds" webpage.

Bird Counts

My bird counts for the two-day period.

Snapshot from Project FeederWatch Bird Count Summary

Summary of Counts This Season

Snapshot from Project FeederWatch Bird Count Summary

Signing Up for a Season

Project FeederWatch is a great way to introduce children and adults to science and conservation through bird watching.

If you are interested in joining Project FeederWatch this season, you can learn more and sign-up at the Project FeederWatch website. During the season you will need to record your observations during two consecutive days each week.

Sources

All About Birds

Project FeederWatch -- Collecting Bird Counts for North American Continent

eBird -- Collecting Bird Counts from around the World

Crossley ID Guide -- For identifying the birds of North America

Use of Original Photos

The photographs in this post are free to be used by anyone as long as the photo credit is left on the photographs.

Equipment

Item	Name
Camera	Canon EOS 7D
Lens	Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Filters	Tiffen 58mm UV Protection Filter, Tiffen 58MM Circular Polarizer Glass Filter
Tripod	Manfrotto MT190XPRO3 3 Section Aluminum Tripod Legs with Q90 Column (Black)

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