Wednesday, December 9, 2009

1st Sundays walk results 12/6

From Michele Dreger :
(leading First Sunday walk from the Boathouse;Eni Falci led second walk)


I am coming down with a cold and decided to only do the 8am tour. Eni lead the 10am tour. We saw just about the same things on both tours. The feeders are now full but the birds haven't discovered it yet.

The 8am tour started off really slow. The mallards and the swans were at the boathouse waiting for us. We walked up to the lookout and had a nice time watching an adult red tailed hawk watching us. On the way back, we spotted a coopers hawk while we were looking for the great blue heron on the lullwater.

The first Sunday of January is the 3rd. The winter walk starts at 10am. Hope to see you there.

The 8am list included
Mallard
american coot
wood duck (1)
canada geese
ruddy duck
pied-billed grebe
robin
bluejay
white-throated sparrow
Fox sparrow
downy woodpecker
hairy woodpecker
red-bellied woodpecker
golden crowned kinglet
ruby crowned kinglet
coopers hawk
chickadee
tufted titmice
cardinal
morning dove
shovelers
mockingbird

The 10am walk had a few more. But they did not see the hawks.

Brown creeper Gingko grove
Winter wren at sumacs
carolina wren
Red bellied woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Downy woodpeckers numerous
Yellow bellied sapsucker male
Chickadee
White breasted nuthatch
Tufted titmouse
Goldfinches gum tree seed pods
Cardinal females
Northern Mockingbird 1
Robin 1Lamppost
Blue Jay
Mourning Dove
Ruby crowned kinglets 3+
Golden crowned kinglets 3+
White throated sparrows
Fox sparrow 1
House sparrow Dumpsters Audubon
Wood duck lullwater 1 male
Coots 5+
Pied billed Grebe 3-5
Mallards
Canada Goose
Ruddy Ducks
Northern Shovelers
Mute Swans 2 adult
Gulls on lake but sun glare did not do species