6th Journal Post

April 19th, 2021
Start Time: 3:00 pm
End Time: 4:30 pm
Location: High Ridge Circle, Franklin Massachusetts
Weather: Cloudy and drizzling, West 9 mph wind speed and 15% precipitation.

Temperature: 47 F
Habitat: Suburban community with tall trees all around, In my backyard with a pool and surrounded by small to medium bushes in a garden.

Species: 1 American Robin, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 House Finch

Today was sadly a light day, I believe this to be because it was not only cloudy but raining as well, albeit only slightly. I was sitting on a bench writing for a while, hearing only passing bird calls but not loud enough to record and not distinct enough to make out. However, after a while I looked at my house and I saw a bird on top of my house, a grey bird from the back but bright red, almost pink, on its chest and face and to me there was no doubt in my mind that was a House Finch, sadly I could only get the back end of it. After about 30 minutes, it was getting tiring, but after looking through my binoculars I saw a bird that had dark wings, a dark back and tail feathers along with a dark capped head but contrasted with a white belly, a large black eye, and a black small beak, at this point I knew it was one Eastern Phoebe. Sadly I could not get a picture of the bird, but I hope my description would suffice. 15 minutes more went by and I was getting restless, until that is I looked where I saw the House Finch earlier and I saw an American Robin, clear as day and I could get a good picture by looking through my binoculars with the camera and taking a picture. That was the last clear bird I was able to see for the day. Overall, it was pretty uneventful but the weather did not help.

Posted on April 19, 2021 08:38 PM by sdecrescinaturalist