[birdky] Olmstead CBC highlights
- From: "Lyneart" <lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:37:54 -0600
Dave Roemer and I did the Olmstead CBC yesterday, December 17. We were prepared
to postpone if the weather had been foul. Since the weather was about as nice
as could possibly be expected in December, we decided not to hold out for an
even better day.
Our species total was 63, about average for this count. We had two count
firsts - a Barn Owl and 3 Northern Pintails. A previously untried dead-end road
yielded 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, seen on only one other Olmstead count. A
couple of other sightings were especially enjoyable to us - a dark morph
Red-tailed Hawk and a very large mixed flock of Grackles, Red-winged
Blackbirds, Cowbirds and Starlings working their way across a grain field close
to the road.
Several sparrow species were absent or down in numbers, probably due to the
drought caused, low weed seed crop. Multiple new stand-waters failed to yield
us a snipe. Too recent, I guess.
Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County, KY
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