We had a really nice morning, and while it didn't feel
particularly birdy, we had lots of good stuff. It was COLD to start,
and while the temp went up more than 20 degrees during our visit
(37-59), it didn't start to warm up until 9:00. That sounds like I'm a
whiner, but we'd been birding 3 1/2 hours by 9:00...
Highlights:
Wood Duck Several males, 2 females with 'lings
Blue-winged Teal Two males at weir
Cinnamon Teal One male with BWTE's
Green Heron One flyby
Short-eared Owl Scott had one early
in the East Meadow
Western Wood-Pewee 1 in Big Cottonwood Forest,
1 near park entrance. Swainson's Thrush
One south of East Meadow
Western Tanager Several males around
the mansion
Black-headed Grosbeak Female already with nest
materials
Evening Grosbeak Heard overhead many
times. Glimpsed.
On my way home, a Red-breasted Sapsucker flew across the road from the
main park entrance - Species #70 for the morning. Later in the
day, Megan Lyden had the first Bullock's Oriole of the season.
== Michael
Two male Blue-winged Teal, a male Cinnamon
Teal, and a female Bufflehead, all together above the weir. Photo
by Ollie Oliver.
Male Cinnamon Teal
Male Cinnamon Teal
Male Blue-winged Teal. Photo by Ollie Oliver
Male Cinnamon Teal with male Blue-winged Teal. Photo by Ollie Oliver
Bushtit
Tree Swallows at a nest box. Photo by Ollie Oliver
Cliff Swallows gathering mud for their nests at the Compost Piles
Barn Swallow gathering mud for its nest. Photo by Lillian Reis
Fleeing female Hooded Merganser. Photo by Lillian Reis
Mushrooms in the Big Cottonwood Forest
Trout? From lake platform. Photo by Ollie Oliver