This weekend I got to bird the yard for a while off and on over the 4 day weekend, which was nice. We had a Pine siskin come to the bird feeders with some American goldfinches and some Purple finches. On Sunday my dad and I went fishing and I was able to see and hear a few birds. We had about four Wood ducks come in and land in the pond. There were already some Canada geese in one of the ponds and a Great blue heron flew in while we were there. Some American coots were in the back foraging in the weeds. We had a small kettle of raptors which included a Cooper's hawk and a few Turkey vultures. Two Yellow bellied sapsuckers flew in and started pecking on the trees while a few Eastern bluebirds grabbed food from the ground. A huge flock of blackbirds flew in and landed in the trees in the horse pasture, while a Sharp shinned hawk zipped by us. When we were loading up the boat there were some birds feeding on the berries, which were a Blue jay and House finches. A Northern mockingbird was displaying on the ground. We heard to laughing of a Pileated woodpecker a few times while out in the middle of the water.