The weather was fairly cooperative this morning. Broken
overcast, a bit of a breeze, and still unseasonably cool, but not cold
today. And no precipitation (yay). Water levels are really high for
June, with part of the boardwalk flooded! Normally we're heading down
into dry times by now, but not this year. Not too terribly birdy today,
and migration is almost over. But summer birds are here and nesting.
Highlights:
No Canada Geese
Green Heron A couple of flybys
Osprey At least 4, seen in one kettle
Bald Eagle High numbers remain - 10+
BLACK SWIFT Maybe 35 all morning, most to the east
Downy Woodpecker Female feeding baby at the nest
Pileated Woodpecker 1 near Rowing Club dock
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 in Big Cottonwood Forest
American Crow Fledgling near park office
Black-capped Chickadee Fledglings being fed
Golden-crowned Kinglet Fledglings gadding about
Cedar Waxwing Lots, incl. a pair passing a berry
Wilson's Warbler Still a couple around
Western Tanager Glimpses of a couple
LAZULI BUNTING Male at Compost Piles - FOS
Evening Grosbeak Heard overhead a few times
The snag in Snag Row that has had a CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE nest in it
this spring fell over sometime between last Thursday and today, smashing
the
split-rail fencing. Young were being fed last week - let's hope they
fledged before the tree came down.
Also seen - MULE DEER (or Black-tailed Deer) in the early morning. A
COYOTE went into the Dog Meadow from the east at around 9:30. There
was a dead (maybe juvenile) LONG-TAILED WEASEL on a wood chip pile in
the East Meadow. One pile over had a dead TOWNSEND'S MOLE. And lots and
lots of MOSQUITOES.
For the day, 63 species. Lazuli Bunting was the only new species for
the year.
== Michael
Pileated Woodpecker photo by Ollie Oliver
Osprey
Savannah Sparrow photo by Lillian Reis
Cedar Waxwing photo by Ollie Olive
Tree Swallow in the East Meadow
Cottonwood snag that had housed a Chestnut-backed Chickadee nest
Juvenile Downy Woodpecker in the nest hole. Photo by Ollie Oliver
Black-capped Chickadee fledgling photo by Ollie Oliver
Looking for kinglets near the mansion
Male Rufous Hummingbird. Photo by Ollie Oliver
American Robin with worms, 2010-05-28. Photo by Lillian Reis
Willow Flycatcher, 2010-05-30. Photo by Lillian Reis
