Activity 1: A pair of osprey are working on building a nest on a channel marker in the Currituck Sound. Several Canada geese in the area. A few Black Ducks and Double Crested Cormorants. Red-winged Blackbird on another platform. Lots of American Robins.
I viewed the Cornell Feeder Watch Cam on March 9. So many woodpeckers. I thought I had identified the Downy Woodpecker because of the rounded head and short bill. When another very similar but larger woodpecker flew in and they were side by side, I knew I was right and the larger bird was the Hairy Woodpecker. I've never before seen them together!
Activity 2: Who says different species don't get along? These Great Cormorants (Sea Birds) seem fine to share their space with the Snowy Egret (Wading Birds). Also, I've been enjoying watching a pair of Red-Shouldered Hawks apparently carrying sticks to build their nest in a Live Oak somewhere nearby.
Activity 3: I don't know that I have a favorite bird; I enjoy so many of them, but I do love to watch a White-breasted Nuthatch as it scampers down the tree near the feeder and makes that quick foray onto the feeder.