Alan Linquist Washington Country
Today was a big day for Baltimore Orioles and Yellow Warblers. Although I
took my normal route, I tended to avoid the lakes themselves as almost all of
the waterfowl is gone. I did see some Sandhill Cranes out in the fields and
in one pothole pond. Canada geese and mallards are still around. Theres a
cardinal or two at each stop and many swallows. My greatest frustration are
the little gray birds. I can make stabs at them but they are just guesses.Â
One of the problems seems to be that they look yellower in the guide books than
the ones I've spotted.  I Red Winged Blackbird (41)Barn Swallow (21)Canada
Goose (19)Baltimore Oriole (15)Robin (15) Saw two in a pushing match over a
nestYellow Warbler (11)Turkey Vulture (10)Â Saw one sunning himselfStarlings
(10)Cardinals (7)Grackles (6)Sandhill Crane (5)Field Sparrow (4)Catbird (3)Song
Sparrow (3)Mourning dove (3)Yellow Rumped Warbler (3)Wilson's Warbler (3)Downy
Woodpecker (3)Flicker (3)Mallard (3)Black capped Chickadee (3)Cowbird
(2)Eastern Phoebe (2)Indigo Bunting (2)Ring Neck Pheasant (1) at the side of
the roadRose Breasted Grosbeak (1)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (1)House Sparrow (1)Red Tailed Hawk (1)Blackpoll Warbler
(1)Â It had a black cap chickadee kind of head.Blue Jay (1)Tennessee Warbler
(1)Killdeer (1)The questionable ones:Â Â Â Five little gray birds with no
yellow but a light black eye streak. They seemed to be too big for
gnatcatchers but I seem to remember a two feather tail, rounded and white on
the underside. Maybe they were gnatcatchers.   I got a good look at
another gray bird with a black eye and a light white streak through it. My
guess is a vireo but it didn't sing. Really pretty gray bird. It could be
any of the three gray vireos although some of them looked rather yellowish in
their photos on line. Â
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