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Jun. 2, 2008
Birding...Day One
My mother took me birding this weekend. Dd10 came along. This is a list of what we found on Saturday, May 31st.
1...at a river...two Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
2... at an apple orchard...Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
3...at an old homestead...Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)
4...at a beach...Yellow Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), Parula Warbler (Parula americana), Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens), and Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia); and we heard Common Raven (Corvus corax), American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) , and White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
5...in a small village...Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) and Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
6...at an old fort...Willet, Black-bellied Plover (Squatarola squatarola), and Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta)
7...at a beach...Willet, Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Sanderling (Crocethia alba), and Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Piping Plovers are at risk. We had a guardian give us a tour of the beach. We had to say clear of the nesting area and watch with binoculars and a scope. One cute little guy ran out in front of dd10 and myself!! He shook his little red foot in the sand to get bugs/worms. They sure do run fast!!
8...at a lighthouse...Shearwater..I don't know which kind! |
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