Hello all.
I checked out Compass Pointe's North Course today and come up with 8
sparrow species and 3 finch species for good measure. It was about a 3 mile
walk through some good brush habitat. A good trip. I also found some meager
waterfowl numbers at Riviera Beach this afternoon.
Totals:
Canada Goose: 60+
Mallard: 7
Bufflehead: 3 Large water trap
American Crow: 3
Blue Jay: 33
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 4
Northern Flicker: 2
Downy Woodpecker: 3
Mourning Dove: 19
European Starling: 20
Carolina Chickadee: 7
Tufted Titmouse: 4
Carolina Wren: 7
Northern Mockingbird: 6
American Robin: 30
Eastern Towhee: 7 in three different areas
Song Sparrow: 16
Savannah Sparrow: 1 Mixed in with the Songs at the 7th hole
Swamp Sparrow: 2 In the grasses and brush at the large water trap
Field Sparrow: 2 In the brush in the valley between holes 7 and 8
Fox Sparrow: 1 In the brush in the valley between holes 7 and 8
White-throated Sparrow: 34 several small groups
Dark-eyed Junco: 36 in 3 groups
Northern Cardinal: 18
Red-winged Blackbird: 1 flyover
Common Grackle: 330 in 2 flyovers
House Finch: 3
Purple Finch: 1 flyover, vocalizing
American Goldfinch: 21
Riviera Beach: (Patapsco River)
Great Blue Heron: 2
Double-crested Cormorant: 5
Mallard: 48
Lesser Scaup: 10
Common Goldeneye: 4
Bufflehead: 14
Ring-billed Gull: 105
Herring Gull: 2
Great Black-backed Gull: 16
Best to everyone.
Matt Grey
Pasadena |