[birdky] Ballard county highlights
- From: "Scott and Glenda Record" <sgrecord@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:45:39 -0500
Have enjoyed the last five mornings in the Barlow and Oscar bottoms chasing
turkeys. During this time I have noticed a steady increase in migrant songbird
activity: I had opportunity to observe some wood duck courtship behavior I
had never seen until today. I watched a drake wood duck attempt to mount a hen
in flight and force her to land in a slough with 2 other drakes in pursuit.
Last I saw them she was still trying to escape the trio. Other birds of
interest include:
Pied-b grebe
Cormorant 100
Great Egret 10
Green heron 5
Wood ducks everywhere
Mallard
Blue-wing teal
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Miss Kite (24th)
Bald Eagle 6+
Broad-w hawk (21st)
turkeys
Coots
Solitary Sandpiper (21st)
Spotted sandpiper (22nd)
Lesser yellowlegs 75+
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Barred owls
Whip-poor will (daily)
Ruby-th hummingbirds (5 at my feeder)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed wp
Downy wp
Hairy wp
Flicker
Pileated wp
E. w pewee
Acadian Flycatcher (24th)
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested flycatcher (24th)
Eastern kingbird (23rd)
Horned lark
Purple Martin
Tree swallow
Rough-w swallow
Cliff swallow
Barn swallow
Blue Jay
A. crow
Fish Crows everywhere --even had them in the yard
Chickadee
Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Ruby-cr kinglet
Blue-gr gnat
Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Wood thrush
Robin
Catbird
Mockingbird
Brown thrasher
waxwing
White-eyed vireo
Red-eyed vireo
Blue-w warbler (24th)
Parula
yel-rumped warb
Palm warbler
Prothonotary warb
Northern waterthrush
C. yellowthroat
Hooded Warb (21st)
Summer Tanager (24th)
Rose-br grosbeak (24th)
Blue-grosbeak (21st)
Indigo bunting (24th)
Dickcissel (24th)
Chipping sp
Field sp
Savannah sp
Swamp sp
White-thr sp
White-cr sp
Red-w bb
Meadowlark
Grackle
Br-headed cowbird
Goldfinch
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