A frosty but sunny day today, and the sun warmed things
up eventually. A bit of a breeze developed, though, so we never got to
balmy. It was birdy, but we're still just edging into Spring.
Highlights:
GREEN HERON First in 5 weeks, across from Dog Central
Sharp-shinned Hawk One buzzed us along
the boardwalk
Cooper's Hawk Juvenile near East Meadow
Red-tailed Hawk Pair display flying at
Rowing Club
Wilson's Snipe Two in the
slough gave us a look
Red-breasted Sapsucker Several sightings
Hairy Woodpecker Pair at Rowing Club
Anna's Hummingbird On a nest
NE of the mansion
Rufous Hummingbird Heard one -
first for 2010
Tree Swallow Checking out gourds
and boxes
Northern Shrike 2 birds, one
singing
Yellow-rumped Warbler Some singing, both
races
White-crowned Sparrow Heard singing
pugetensis
We found a couple of BUSHTIT nests, but no activity was seen at our
brief stops at them. We found what looked to be a hummingbird
nest at the Rowing Club as well. LOTS of singing today,
For the day, 58 species. For the year, 79 species.
== Michael
Green Heron across the slough from Dog Central
Great Blue Heron
Ollie Oliver got a different view showing the lower belly speckling
Tree Swallow at the martin gourds at the lake platform
Red-breasted Sapsucker. Photo by Ollie Oliver
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk. Photo by Ollie Oliver
Red-breasted Nuthatch. Photo by Hugh Jennings
I don't know how Sharon ever spotted...
...the Anna's Hummingbird nest in the conifers NE of the mansion