Nine participants found (I think) 92 species on Tuesday, Dec 17th on the
Ballard County CBC.
Day was cool, in part because of a chilly north breeze. Temps hovered in the
30s all day.
Single biggest highlight was a Clay-colored Sparrow found by Clay Bliznick,
Andrew Lydeard, and Daniel Redwine in a field full of sparrows on the Ballard
WMA. The wet spring/early summer resulted in many fields having an abnormal
amount of weeds and grass in them, accounting for an above-normal number of
LeConte's Sparrows, too. Other nice finds included a Barn Owl in a silo,
Eurasian Collared-Dove, lots of Red-headed Woodpeckers in the bottomland
forests on the Ballard WMA, Loggerhead Shrike, American Tree Sparrow, a few
Pine Warblers, and a flock of Brewer's Blackbirds.
There were quite a few geese and ducks, with a few Ross's found among the few
thousands of Greater White-fronteds and Snows. We tallied all of the normal
diving ducks including nice numbers of Northern Pintail As is the norm, diving
ducks were in low supply.
bpb, Louisville
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