Hello everyone,
It’s that time of year again…the walks where we are happy to have more bird species than birders, and we achieved our goal today. However, an American Robin was singing like it was spring, so maybe they know something that we don’t.
It was a raptor-y day with a Red-tailed Hawk, an American Kestrel and a Cooper’s Hawk. In fact, the Cooper’s was chasing the Kestrel at one point!
One juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron is still roosting in the east lagoon, snuggled amongst the branches of a snag making it hard to see, but see it we did. Raccoons were spotted in both raccoon holes. Cheryl found an interesting nest which was decorated with a piece of plastic artistically woven into the outside.
BIRDERS: Kristin, Mark W., Val, Luther, Leslie, Marian, Mike, Jennie, Darby, Cheryl, David, Jesse, Eric, Mark C., Rob, Tracy, Janet, Renate, Pam
TIME: 8:00am to 10:30am
WEATHER: Low 40s, cloudy, light winds
Compiler: Cheryl
Photographers: Eric and Leslie
Canada Goose Number observed: 215
Mallard Number observed: 8
Hooded Merganser Number observed: 1
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 4
American Herring Gull Number observed: 1
Black-crowned Night Heron Number observed: 1
Great Blue Heron Number observed: 4
Cooper's Hawk Number observed: 1
Red-tailed Hawk Number observed: 1
Belted Kingfisher Number observed: 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker Number observed: 2
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 3
Northern Flicker Number observed: 1
American Kestrel Number observed: 1
American Crow Number observed: 4
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 3
White-breasted Nuthatch Number observed: 2
European Starling Number observed: 157
American Robin Number observed: 14
American Goldfinch Number observed: 12
American Tree Sparrow Number observed: 2
Fox Sparrow Number observed: 1
Dark-eyed Junco Number observed: 6
White-throated Sparrow Number observed: 4
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 7
If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/
Corrections, additions and comments are welcome.
Good birding everyone,
Jennie
Photo: White-crowned-Sparrow by Geri Kodey