Spring is spring; suck it up.

Location: Owls Head Park
Observation date: 4/25/11
Number of species: 54

Canada Goose 2
Great Blue Heron 4 (Flyover group.)
Great Egret 4 (Flyover group, harassed by territorial Fish Crow.)
American Kestrel 2
Laughing Gull 10
Ring-billed Gull 30
Herring Gull (American) 10
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 7
Monk Parakeet 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 30
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Fish Crow 2 (Rebuilding in same spot as last year; nest completely disappeared over the winter.)
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Hermit Thrush 8
American Robin 35
Gray Catbird 15
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 50
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 40
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 2
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 20
Black-and-white Warbler 15
American Redstart 1
Worm-eating Warbler 1 (Mostly on ground on back slope, got up and sang briefly.)
Ovenbird 4
Northern Waterthrush 5
Eastern Towhee 15
Chipping Sparrow 10
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 20
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Orchard Oriole 4 (3 adult males in one treetop; one first year male.)
Purple Finch 1 (Singing male.)
House Sparrow 10

- alex 4-27-2011 1:04 am [add a comment]

its too cold hot outside outside.

FTFY.
- mark 4-27-2011 5:27 am [add a comment]

good work doctor
- Skinny 4-27-2011 12:55 pm [add a comment]

fish crow! I had no idea. Would love to see a fish crow/egret skirmish. (once I saw an osprey/bald eagle dog fight over a lake - they both wanted the same fish - it was awesome)
- sally mckay 4-27-2011 2:57 pm [add a comment]

fucking weather
- bill 4-28-2011 1:21 pm [add a comment]