[birdky] Sloughs Wednesday

10/29/08

7AM to 11:30AM

30º clear & frosty, rising to 55º

Wood Tract north of 268:
Mallards 1000's
Snow Geese 5 white phase, 1 blue phase FOS
White-fronted Geese
Black Ducks
Am. Widgeon
Shovelers
Am. Coots 50

Hardy Slough, I walked through one of the dry impoundments and a dike
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
N. Harrier
Bald Eagle 1 imm.
Hairy Woodpecker
E. Meadowlarks 10
Savannah Sparrows


Anderson Pond
Mallards 100's
Bald Eagle pair of adults mated on a cypress snag
Bald Eagle 1 adult on the nest later

Gentle Pond
Bald Eagle Imm
Mallards 100's
Green-wing Teal
Ring-necked Ducks FOS
Gadwall FOS
Am. Widgeon
Brown Creeper FOS
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-rumped Warblers eating Poison Ivy fruits
E. Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow

Shorebird Unit: I walked the dike to where Wood Tract is flooded
nothing of note

Charlie
Henderson Co.

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