Your Favourite Hen: BirdSpotter Judges’ Alternative Winner – FeederWatch

| White-throated Sparrow by Nikki Buchalski|

Our seventh BirdSpotter class of the 2020-2021 season completed up final week on February 18. The theme for Class 7 was Your Favourite Hen; members had been inspired to submit photographs of their favourite chicken species. Our Judges’ Alternative winner for Class 7 is Nikki Buchalski, for this swish shot of a White-throated Sparrow! Nikki says:

I’ve at all times loved watching the chicken feeders in my yard and photographing the birds. We had a number of snowstorms in New Jersey this 12 months, so I cleaned the snow off the deck railing proper outdoors my sunporch window and sprinkled some birdseed there to assist the birds get to the seeds simpler as a result of the feeders had been at all times coated in snow.  It didn’t take lengthy for them to note. The attractive White-Throated Sparrows present up in New Jersey every Winter, however they often keep on the bottom feeding below pine timber and I by no means actually get an excellent have a look at them. This one began spending plenty of time on the deck railing, so I had my digital camera prepared and was thrilled to get not solely a more in-depth look but in addition this photograph!

As Nikki described above, White-throated Sparrows are most frequently seen consuming seed that has been scattered on the bottom (or that has fallen from feeders). These massive sparrows are most simply recognized by their shiny white throat, and white head stripes that are marked with yellow close to their invoice. Entice them to your feeders with sunflower seeds, cracked corn, millet or milo. Nikki additionally shared her Instagram web page with us right here (@nikkibuchalski_photographs) for any who want to see extra of her pictures.

Submissions are open now for the eighth, and closing BirdSpotter class Rainbow Birds. Share a photograph of a colourful chicken (even when it’s only one colour!) and be part of our rainbow gallery. Submit your photograph by 11:59 pm Japanese Time on Thursday, March 4, 2021 for an opportunity to win. These winners can be introduced on Friday, March 5, 2021 and all 16 biweekly Folks’s Alternative and Judges’ Alternative winners will vie for the highest spots within the Grand Prize Contest beginning Monday, March 8! Winners obtain prizes from the Cornell Lab and our sponsor, Wild Birds Limitless. Anybody can take part by coming into a photograph and voting for his or her favorites! Discover out extra in regards to the BirdSpotter contest.

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