Saturday, April 24, 2021
Here is Wally's list from Apr 19-22 (he is using the Fermi Bird List week demarcations for reporting.) There are some really nice birds
included but it looks like the passerine migration is still
sluggish. Waterfowl were represented by
Canada Goose,
Mute Swan (4
in Lake Logo),
Wood Duck,
Blue-winged Teal,
Northern Shoveler,
Mallard and
Hooded Merganser. Other water related birds included
Pied-billed Grebe,
Sora,
American Coot,
Sandhill Crane,
Wilson's Snipe,
Double-crested Cormorant,
American White Pelican,
Great Blue Heron and
Great Egret. Raptor type birds were
Turkey Vulture,
Osprey,
Bald Eagle,
Red-tailed Hawk,
Barred Owl,
American Kestrel and
Peregrine Falcon. Other birds of note were
Eastern Phoebe,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet,
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
Brown Thrasher,
Chipping Sparrow,
Field Sparrow,
Song Sparrow,
Eastern Meadowlark and
Yellow-rumped Warbler. Dave
Friday, April 23, 2021
This week (Apr 19-23) Donna reported the following interesting birds
found in A.E. Sea or Dusaf Pond: a
Mute Swan (only one),
Wood Ducks,
Blue-winged Teal,
Northern Shovelers, a
Spotted Sandpiper, Lone
American White Pelican (two days),
Great Egrets,
Great Blue Herons,
Pied-billed Grebes and
Tree Swallows. Dave
Friday, April 16, 2021
Wally's report for April 9-15 still included a nice mix of waterfowl
including
Canada Goose,
Wood Duck,
Blue-winged Teal,
Northern Shoveler,
Gadwall,
Mallard,
Green-winged Teal,
Ring-necked Duck,
Lesser Scaup,
Hooded Merganser and
Ruddy Duck. As expected at this
time of year, he mentioned finding several first-of-the-year birds
including the
Ruddy Duck,
Caspian Tern,
Brown Thrasher and
Yellow-rumped Warbler. Each week recently the list of birds found
has been growing. This week's highlights included:
Pied-billed Grebe,
American Coot,
Sandhill Crane (pair has been hanging out on
A.E. Sea flats),
Double-crested Cormorant,
American White Pelican,
Great Blue Heron,
Great Egret,
Turkey Vulture,
Osprey,
American Kestrel,
Eastern Phoebe,
Horned Lark,
Tree Swallow,
Eastern Bluebird,
Savannah Sparrow,
Song Sparrow,
Eastern Meadowlark,
Brown-headed Cowbird and
Common Grackle. Finally, he mentioned
finding both adult
Bald Eagles on the edge of the nest. He added
that "it is quite possible that an adult incubating eggs could be
completely hidden from view" in the nest. Hopefully, more positive
info on this topic will follow. Donna added a
Wilson's Snipe to the
list of birds Wally found during the week. Again, it was found in
the A.E. Sea Slots from Batavia Road. Wally later added a great
bird that was confirmed by an independent sighting by another Lab employee, a
Peregrine Falcon. Dave
Monday, April 12, 2021
Like Wally, Donna also found the pair of
Mute Swans last week. In addition, she witnessed them fly from the Slots area at the south end
of A.E. Sea over her head and land in Dusaf Pond. To the week's list
she also added a
Wilson's Snipe and a
Northern Harrier along North Eola Road. Dave
Friday, April 9, 2021
Wally reported a good number of new year birds this past week. His overall best sighting was a single
American White Pelican (new for
year) on A.E. Sea. As he stated, "I don't think I've ever seen a
lone pelican, it looked lonely." There was still a nice mix of
waterfowl in the lakes including:
Canada Goose,
Mute Swan (new for
year),
Wood Duck,
Blue-winged Teal,
Northern Shoveler,
Gadwall,
Mallard,
Ring-necked Duck,
Lesser Scaup,
Bufflehead and
Common Merganser. Another highlight of his report was that now all 3
Osprey nests have birds in their areas. Other new year birds
include
Pectoral Sandpiper,
Lesser Yellowlegs,
Barn Swallow (one
flying solo),
Ruby-crowned Kinglet,
Golden-crowned Kinglet and
Field Sparrow. Other highlights for his week were:
Pied-billed Grebe,
American Coot,
Sandhill Crane (pair has been hanging out on A.E. Sea flats),
Double-crested Cormorant,
Great Blue Heron,
Great Egret,
Turkey Vulture,
Red-tailed Hawk,
American Kestrel,
Eastern Phoebe,
Horned Lark,
Tree Swallow,
American Tree Sparrow,
Fox Sparrow,
Dark-eyed Junco, Savanna Sparrow,
Song Sparrow (lots of them),
Eastern Meadowlark,
Brown-headed Cowbird and
Common Grackle. Dave
Friday, April 2, 2021
Wally's end of the month report (Mar 29-31) included a nice mix of
waterfowl though overall numbers still remain low. Waterfowl found
included:
Canada Goose,
Wood Duck,
Blue-winged Teal,
Northern Shoveler,
Gadwall,
Mallard,
Redhead,
Ring-necked Duck,
Lesser Scaup,
Common Merganser and
Red-breasted Merganser (pair, new for year).
In the good
news department, Wally spotted 3 adult
Bald Eagles in the area of
the nest. Unfortunately, they were not seen near but not at the
nest. Conversely in the bad news department, Wally mentioned that
in the aftermath of one of the prescribed burns, an active
American Woodcock nest was found destroyed by the flames. His bird of the
week was a
Brown Creeper (new, year). He mentioned that this
species had been eluding him until now. His other major highlight
was noting that the
Ospreys have returned to both Nest 1 and Nest 2. Some of the other birds mentioned were
American Coot,
Killdeer,
American Woodcock,
Double-crested Cormorant,
Great Blue Heron,
Turkey Vulture,
Bald Eagle (an additional juv.),
Cooper's Hawk,
Northern Flicker,
American Kestrel,
Eastern Phoebe,
Horned Lark,
Eastern Meadowlark,
Brown-headed Cowbird and
Common Grackle. Dave
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