I kicked off the weekend with a solo trip to "Warbler Woods" on Friday 5.25.12 (previous post), and continued Saturday evening at Furnhill Wetlands.
It was sorta an impromptu stop to see if the flooding was down, with my husband (who I've been calling Komito because of his relentless search for lifers, declaring each one and then moving on).
When we got there, I was surprised to see the water level was lower than ever. We only had one pair of binocs, so we scanned the area near the parking lot and were planning to leave after that. Except, I spotted a Green Heron, a lifer for Komito, so we had to get closer. From there we kept seeing more and more, and before we knew it, we were well into a full-fledged birding trip.
- Red-Winged Blackbirds
- Canada Geese
- Mallards
- Green Heron
- American Coot
- Tree Swallows
- Brown-Headed Cowbirds
- Barn Swallows
- Violet-Green Swallow
- Purple Finches
- American Robins
- Song Sparrows
- Great Blue Herons
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Yellowthroats - males
- Bewick's Wren - by call (I think that thing was toying with us. It was just on the other side of some tall grass, hopping around, so very close to us, for forever, never making an appearance.)
- American Crow
- European Starlings
- Wood Ducks
- Virginia Rail* - I couldn't believe it! There was a mucky area on the other side of a trail, and I got really close to it, thinking there has to be something in here. Well, there was something in the grass right next to me, running from me, making a loud, single note cry. I saw it, briefly between tufts of grass, but couldn't tell what it was, I could only see that it was roundish. We waited and waited for it to come out of the bushes and there it was, a Virginia Rail! I never expected that!
- Mourning Dove
- Cedar Waxwings
- Savannah Sparrow
- American Goldfinches
- Brewer's Blackbirds
- Killdeer(s)
Total for the weekend so far: 41 Species
*Lifer!
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