[birdky] U'town Dam, & Sloughs Wednesday

10/22/08

7:30AM to 11AM
46º overcast, NE breeze, clearing, rising to 55º

Union County: Uniontown Dam
Not much going on:

Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorants 25 flying down river
Bald Eagle, Imm 1
Turkey 11
Belted Kingfisher
Tree Swallows
Winter Wren FOS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
White-throated Sparrows
Song Sparrows

No other ducks
No Gulls


Henderson Co.
Honey Cypress Slough, Pond Creek Marsh

Highlights:
Mallards along 268
Bald Eagle imm at HCS, adult at PCM
Red-shouldered Hawk, imm at PCM
Red-tailed Hawk at PCM
N. Harrier at HCS
Sharp-shinned Hawk at PCM
Turkey 5 at PCM
Eastern Meadowlark
White-crowned Sparrow at HCS
Field Sparrow at HCS
Song Sparrow at HCS
Indigo Bunting 1 at HCS
Swamp Sparrow at HCS
Flooding going on across 268 from the HDQTRS, flooding across 268 from Wood Tract (but not in the large combined soybean field) that is draining under 268 to the Wood Tract side. 
No Great Egrets, or Great Blue Herons at PCM sand spit.
The White-throated Sparrows are only singing part of their song. Sounds strange...just the opening notes 


Charlie
Henderson Co.

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