Bird count results and a bird behavior question.

It's been fun seeing how many other bloggers participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count this year. I wonder if there will be a noticeable increase in participants this year?
Since it was mostly rainy during the counting I did I took most of the pictures on this post from inside. I also thought I'd try out some new settings to help with the poor light. This was also one of the only times I've used the optical zoom on this camera too. While it helps to get pictures of the birds at a distance, the quality isn't as good.

Pine Siskins have made their debut for the year in the garden during both bird counts I've done. They shared the bird feeder together for a long time.

February 12 (counted for one hour)
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Bewick's Wren 2
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 10

Spotted Towhee in a just starting to bloom forsythia bush. I used the Optical zoom from inside and set the ISO to high. A couple of friends that do photography for a living told me that raising the ISO helps prevent the need to use flash. Not that good of a picture, more of an experiment with the settings.

February 13 (counted for 45 minutes)
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
American Crow 3
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Pine Siskin 7
American Robin 5
Spotted Towhee 1
Seagull 1

A Dark-eyed Junco, our most common year round visitor.

I've been trying for awhile to get a picture of how some of the Juncos look here this winter. There are quite a few with these white patches all over their body. Some have much more white than this one. Any ideas to what it could be?

February 14 (counted for 45 minutes)
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3
American Robin 5
Townsend's Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 2
Anna's Hummingbird 1
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Seagull 2
European Starling 1

February 15 (counted 30 minutes)
Black-capped Chickadees 7
Chestnut-backed Chickadees 4
Pine Siskins 2
Bewick's Wren 2
Dark-eyed Junco 5
American Crow 1

It's pretty interesting to go to the detailed reports page to see which states have had the most checklist or types of species turned in. I noticed that in our town's results only one Townsend's Warbler was seen during the whole count, and that was from my count.

Black-capped Chickadee

I also saw the strangest bird activity I've ever seen yesterday. While the Littlest Gardener and I were outside I noticed a neighbor cat walking through our yard. Minutes later I saw what looked like an injured Chickadee flapping around on the ground. Feeling upset that the cat hurt the bird, I realized as I got closer it was actually two Black-capped Chickadees and one appeared to be attacking the other. It was pretty aggressive too, with feathers flying around them. Once we were about 3 feet away they both flew off, neither appeared injured. The birds have been very noisy and appear to be looking for nesting places already. I wonder if this fight had anything to do with this. I'd love to learn what this behavior could have meant.

Kylee at Our Little Acre will be putting together a post with links to bloggers that participated in the Bird Count.