[BBC-MEMBERS] Re: Phipps Bend
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bbc-members@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:58:09 -0500
Roger,
The Am. Tree Sparrows were actually the rarest birds of the day.
Are you certain of the ID. Did you see the yellow in the bill & the
stick-pin in the breast?
These birds usually only appear here in very cold conditions.
Rick Knight
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Subject: [BBC-MEMBERS] Phipps Bend
Spent the morning at Phiips Bend. I observed 42 species.
Some of the days highlights:
5 Gadwall
4 American Wigeon
6 American Black Duck
24 Ring-necked Duck
1 American Bittern (Heard not seen. Played call 12 times. Bittern called back
6 times)
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
2 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 American Tree Sparrow (Got really good looks at these birds)
1 Fox Sparrow (Life Bird)
Roger Lemaster
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