FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Sloughs Saturday

[Charles Crawford <cr4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another good birding day.
In order: Pond Creek Marsh, 268 slough, Horseshoe Road slough, 268  
slough, Gentle Pond, Shorebird Impoundment, Hardy Slough.

6 May 06
6:30am to 1pm
55º to 65º

FOS:

Chimney Swifts
E. Kingbirds
unid Empidonax sp.
Black & White W.
Magnolia W.
Ovenbird
female Indigo Buntings
Dickcissels



Other items:

Bald Eagles; no activity at south nest
one Bald Eagle at north nest
2 Adults south of Hardy Slough in same tree. I wonder if this is the  
pair that had the south nest which apparently is inactive.
I keep seeing Eagles perched high in the dead trees in the wooded  
area south of Hardy Slough.

Only ducks: Wood Ducks, Blue Wing Teal

Semipalmated Plovers: 25 at 268 slough
Spotted Sandpiper: 1 at Horseshoe Road slough
Sedge Wren still at Gentle Pond
Northern Waterthrush at Gentle Pond: 3
White-throated Sparrows still hanging around
Savannah Sparrows
No Yellow-rumped Warblers seen


Charlie
Henderson Co.


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