*SALEM AUDUBON MINTO-BROWN ISLAND PARK BIRD WALK*
*Sunday, March 1, 2020*
Fred and Kay were joined by seven (7) other birders for the Minto-Brown
Island Park bird walk. It was foggy and 37 degrees at start but gave way
to sunshine and 45 degrees at the end of the walk. The group walked 3.5
miles along the usual south route from lot 3. After the bridge they saw a
pair of Wood Ducks searching for a nest cavity. A female Hooded Merganser
was seen on the oxbow past Homestead Road as was a small flock of six (6)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets. As we returned past the bridge, the Bald Eagle pair
was seen copulating in the top of a Douglas Fir. Can the patter of little
feet be far away? They observed (saw or heard) 41 species.
Our upcoming events include:
*Tuesday, March 17, 9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon – Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
field trip* -- Meet at the Pintail Marsh Parking Lot at 9:00 AM.
*Wednesday, March 25, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM* - *SAS Short: Cascades Gateway
Park*. Meet in the parking lot next to Wirth Lake at 9:00 AM.
*Minto-Brown Island Park Checklist Summary for March 1, 2020*
*Identified Species: 41*
210 Cackling Goose
6 Canada Goose
5 Wood Duck
12 Mallard
2 Green-winged Teal
1 Hooded Merganser
3 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Mourning Dove
4 Anna's Hummingbird
2 gull sp.
2 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
2 Bald Eagle
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Downy Woodpecker
3 Hairy Woodpecker
5 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
5 Steller's Jay
3 California Scrub-Jay
6 American Crow
7 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
10 Bushtit
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
1 Pacific Wren
4 Bewick's Wren
3 European Starling
20 American Robin
1 House Finch
1 Fox Sparrow
20 Dark-eyed Junco
8 White-crowned Sparrow
2 Golden-crowned Sparrow
7 Song Sparrow
6 Spotted Towhee
3 Red-winged Blackbird
Number of Taxa: 41
