FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Sloughs 4/5: Paruala, YCNightheron, BGGnatcatcher

[Charles Crawford <ccrawford@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I hit the frosty Sloughs this morning (April 5th) at 6AM. Great day for 
birding.

Highlights:

Paruala warbler at Highland Creek Unit
Yellow-crowned night-heron at Highland Creek Unit
Blue-gray gnatcatcher at Sauerheber and Highland Creek Units

Sauerheber Unit:
Pied-billed grebe
Double-crested cormorant
Canada goose
Mallard
Green-winged teal
Blue-winged teal
Am. widgeon
Shoveler
Wood duck
Ringed-necked duck
Sharp-shinned hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Bald eagle (at the nest)
Kestrel
Am. Coot
Killdeer
Greater yellowlegs
Lesser yellowlegs
Mourning dove
Barred owl
N. Flicker
Red-bellied woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Horned lark
Barn swallow
Blue jay
Com. Crow
Tufted titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
White-breasted nuthatch
Carolina wren
Brown thrasher
Robin
E. Bluebird
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
House sparrow
E. meadowlark
Red-winged blackbird
Rusty blackbird
Com. Grackle
Brown-headed blackbird
Cardinal
Am. goldfinch
Field sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
White-throated sparrow
Song sparrow

onto to Cape Hills Unit:
added
Pileated woodpecker
Brown creeper
Hermit thrush
Rufous-sided towhee

Highland Creek Unit:
added
Yellow-crowned night-heron
Turkey vulture
Red-shouldered hawk
Turkey
Tree swallow
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Parula warbler
Dark-eyed junco

Grassy Pond, Powell's Lake Unit:
added
Wilson's snipe
Belted Kingfisher

Amazing sometimes what birds you miss,
I should have seen but didn't:
Hooded merganser
Bobwhite
Red-headed woodpecker
E. Phoebe
Yellow-rumped warbler


Nonbirds seen:
Beaver at Sauerheber
Muskrat at Sauerheber
Deer: 13 at Sauerheber
Deer: 6 at Cape Hills

Charlie
Henderson County

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