Photo: Golden-crowned kinglet by Paul Kusmin
Hello everyone,
It was a great morning with lots of great birds, including a rarity for our area.
The wintering and migratory waterfowl is still here with Hooded Mergansers, Pied-billed Grebes, Horned Grebes, Northern Shovelers and lots of Red-breasted Mergansers.
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are always a treat, as are the Eastern Towhees and both types of Kinglets. The Canada Geese are starting to defend their territory and we witnessed a few skirmishes, and there was a female already sitting on a nest.
The rarity of the day was a Ross’s Goose that flew in and landed on the lagoon with a few Canada Geese. It paddled around looking very much at home and gave us some great looks. What a beautiful bird!
BIRDERS: Lucy, Grace, Chelsea, Kristin, Caterina, Cheryl, Jeff, Daniela, Marian, Mike, Jennie Sarah W., Amir, Claire R. Marisa, Pam, Larry, Luther, Jeff, Mark C., Mark W., Elizabeth, Owen, Leslie, Val, Katie, Traci, Tim, Madhu, Mark N., Sandra and welcome to Deanna, Vivian, Laurie, Yuval, Allison, and Jared.
TIME: 8:00am to 11:10am
WEATHER: 32 degrees and sunny
Compiler: Cheryl
Ross's Goose Number observed: 1
Canada Goose Number observed: 30
Wood Duck Number observed: 17
Northern Shoveler Number observed: 5
Mallard Number observed: 10
Hooded Merganser Number observed: 2
Red-breasted Merganser Number observed: 43
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 4
American Herring Gull Number observed: 6
Caspian Tern Number observed: 1
Pied-billed Grebe Number observed: 4
Horned Grebe Number observed: 3
Double-crested Cormorant Number observed: 8
Great Blue Heron Number observed: 2
Cooper's Hawk Number observed: 2
Belted Kingfisher Number observed: 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Number observed: 3
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 8
Hairy Woodpecker Number observed: 1
Northern Flicker Number observed: 3
American Kestrel Number observed: 1
Peregrine Falcon Number observed: 1
Eastern Phoebe Number observed: 4
American Crow Number observed: 5
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Number observed: 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet Number observed: 14
White-breasted Nuthatch Number observed: 2
Brown Creeper Number observed: 4
European Starling Number observed: 20
Hermit Thrush Number observed: 1
American Robin Number observed: 21
House Sparrow Number observed: 11
House Finch Number observed: 3
American Goldfinch Number observed: 2
Fox Sparrow Number observed: 2
Dark-eyed Junco Number observed: 14
White-throated Sparrow Number observed: 1
Song Sparrow Number observed: 7
Eastern Towhee Number observed: 2
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 17
Brown-headed Cowbird Number observed: 11
Common Grackle Number observed: 8
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 9
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