A five sparrow day....and 3 LINCOLN'S. It was very birdy until 930-10 and
then a rapid slow down....except the BROAD-WINGS which kettled about 10:30
and then streamed off.
A fascinating follow up to finding a caterpillar in the process of being
eaten alive from within. Some cocoons on the cattails turned out to be
parasitic wasp larvae that had eaten up their host and then made their
cocoon. We weren't sure if the cocoon was the caterpillars or the wasps
until we took it apart.
Video is not for the faint at heart.... http://flic.kr/p/dbghXS
Bonnie
62 species
Canada Goose 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 450
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 9
Merlin 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue Jay 68
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 14
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 7
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 14
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 12
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 4
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Palm Warbler (Western) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 14
Field Sparrow 23
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 18
Lincoln's Sparrow 3
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 12
Red-winged Blackbird 45
Brown-headed Cowbird 22
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 24
House Sparrow 9
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