Photo: Ruddy duck by Mick Thompson
Hello everyone,
I wish I could tell you that we had a fabulously exciting morning…but I can’t. We enjoyed our usual winter residents however, and it was good to spend some time outdoors.
We had a LOT of Red-breasted Mergansers and the males were displaying for the females, which is always fun to watch. There were a lot more males than females so the girls had their pick. We had a very close look at a Cooper’s Hawk that was perched outside the Japanese Garden, right above the path.
Although I can’t report the sighting of a super-interesting bird, I can pass along a link to an article about La Rabida Hospial that Mark W. sent to me. He though that those of you who bird the area around the hospital might find it interesting. I did!
BIRDERS: Kristin, Cheryl, Leslie, Marian, Mike, Jennie, Mark W., Mark C., Lucy, Marilyn, Jane, Dorothy, Roselle, Tracy, Marisa, Chris and welcome to Andrew, Tetsu and Jack.
TIME: 8:00am to 10:15am
WEATHER: Cloudy, low 30s, light breeze
Compiler: Cheryl
Photographer: Tracy
Canada Goose Number observed: 26
Mallard Number observed: 7
Common Merganser Number observed: 5
Red-breasted Merganser Number observed: 63
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 4
Herring Gull Number observed: 1
Cooper's Hawk Number observed: 1
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 1
American Crow Number observed: 4
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 5
European Starling Number observed: 6
American Robin Number observed: 17
House Sparrow Number observed: 3
American Goldfinch Number observed: 6
Dark-eyed Junco Number observed: 5
Song Sparrow Number observed: 1
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 18
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 5
19. Song Sparrow Number observed: 1
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