[bcbirdclub] Re: eBird -- Poplar Gap Park/ Sunset Hollow - MLP01 -- Oct 26, 2014
- From: Daniel Kendrick <kendridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "daryl.owens@xxxxxxxxxxx" <daryl.owens@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:15:40 -0700
Daryl,
I'm in Cave Creek Arizona for a wedding(Phoenix). Unfortunately, Not really
birding, here with my wife and sister in law. I did see a kestrel, common raven
and a couple of cactus wrens. Hoping for more.
Dan Kendrick
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 26, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Daryl Owens <daryl.owens@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Today I decided to do a little birding at Southern Gap and Poplar Gap Park in
> hopes of finding migrating Vespers Sparrows. The first bird of the day was an
> American Kestrel and then after thirty minutes of searching I managed to ID a
> couple of Vespers Sparrows feeding beside a gravel road and later found more.
> I also saw a few immature White-crowned, White-throated and Field Sparrows.
> Oddly, I didn't see any adult White-crowns today. Other notables were
> Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks. The Red-shouldered was being mobbed by
> a huge flock of 50+ American Crows. The biggest surprise of the day was when
> I flushed a Wilson's Snipe while walking one of the dirt roads at Southern
> Gap. Finally, I had a high soaring and calling Common Raven just before
> leaving. Later, while getting out of the car at home, I again heard the low
> croaking call of a Raven and searched the sky to find two flying overhead. A
> new yard bird!
> Today was a beautiful day to be out and, by the way, the Vespers was a life
> bird for me. My list follows.
>
> Daryl Owens
> Oakwood, VA
>
> 1 Turkey Vulture
> 1 Red-shouldered Hawk
> 1 Red-tailed Hawk
> 1 American Kestrel
> 4 Killdeer
> 1 Wilson's Snipe
> 8 Mourning Dove
> 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
> 4 Northern Flicker
> 7 Blue Jay
> 80 American Crow
> 1 Common Raven
> 1 Carolina Chickadee
> 2 Tufted Titmouse
> 1 White-breasted Nuthatch
> 5 Eastern Bluebird
> 11 American Robin
> 24 European Starling
> 2 Field Sparrow
> 6 Vesper Sparrow
> 10 Song Sparrow
> 4 White-throated Sparrow
> 14 White-crowned Sparrow
> 2 Northern Cardinal
> 28 Eastern Meadowlark -- Flushed one flock containing 23 birds
> 1 Brown-headed Cowbird
> 50 American Goldfinch -- Estimate
>
>
> <BirdsEye Log iOS - 2014-10-26 09:00 - Poplar Gap Park- Sunset Hollow -
> MLP01.csv>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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