I took a shortened walk today as I had a dentist appointed at 11:00 and I needed to get home to get ready for William’s birthday party. By far and away the bird of the day was Snow Goose! The photo above is a really crappy picture of a smal portion of the Snow Geese that flew over.
Stat time: 8:40
End time: 10:00
Temp: 32-36
Wind: None
Skies: clear
Species Total: 29
Black Vulture – approximately 15
Turkey Vulture – approximately 10
Snow Goose – approximately 2000! Bird(s) of the day! There were several waves of them flying over in the flocks of several hundred at a time. It seemed like they were flying up from the ground some where south of the preserve.
Canada Goose – approximately 150
Mallard – 6
Cooper's Hawk – 1, immature
Red-tailed Hawk – 4
Rock Dove – 2
Mourning Dove – approximately 50
Red-bellied Woodpecker – 1
Downy Woodpecker – 2
Hairy Woodpecker – 1
Blue Jay – approximately 10
American Crow – approximately 200
Fish Crow – 1
Carolina Chickadee – approximately 10
Tufted Titmouse – 5
White-breasted Nuthatch – 1
Carolina Wren – 2
Eastern Bluebird – approximately 15
Northern Mockingbird – 2
European Starling – approximately 12
Fox Sparrow – 1
Song Sparrow – approximately 15
White-throated Sparrow – approximately 20
Dark-eyed Junco – 2
Northern Cardinal – approximately 10
House Finch – approximately 10
American Goldfinch – approximately 10
