The rain held off long enough this morning for me to get in a quick walk.
The Purple finches were in a mixed flock with goldfinches; the flock was
making quite a racket, foraging in the treetops between the Woodcock Meadow
and the path (once I thought I might have heard a siskin "zeeeEEE" mixed in,
but I'm not sure). Good numbers of yellow-rumps and palms, single prairies
and No. H20thrush, first of season ovenbirds, wood thrushes, and red and
white vireos (missed the patriotic trifecta). List of notables follows.
Wood duck 2
Green-winged teal 8
Ring-necked duck 1
Great egret 1
Greater yellowlegs
Lesser yellowlegs
Solitary 1
Tern sp. 1 (probably a Forsters, although it looked pretty big - it was high
up, very white, with a long tail)
Barred owl 5
Phoebe 1
WEV 2
REV 2
Hermit thrush 2
Wood thrush 2
House wren 3
Gnatcatcher 18
Tree swallow 10
NRW swallow 10
RC kinglet 2
Purple finch 30+
Yellow-rumped 30
Palm 5
Prairie 1
Ovenbird 4
No. H20thrush 1
Yellowthroat 8
Song sparrow 2
Swamp 18
White-throated 40
Field 3
Towhee 8
Rusty BB 100+
Ben Jesup
Alexandria
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