Hello all.

The Fort Smallwood Bird Club took a 'field trip' to Weinberg Park this morning. 
The three immature eagles thrilled the people and provided for some great 
photo opportunities. One caught a fish and ate it in a tree. Not much in the 
way of passerine migrants, but the raptor selection helped assuage that.  

All in all, we found a some good birds as well as a good selection of spring 
butterflies. 

Totals:

Canada Goose: 18
Mute Swan: 1
Mallard: 4
Ruddy Duck: 1 White's Pond
Double-crested Cormorant: 80+  'White Rocks'
Black Vulture: 1
Turkey Vulture: 7
Osprey: 4
Bald Eagle: 3  All immatures; two 1-2yr old and one 2 year old
Ring-billed Gull: c. 10  'White Rocks'
Herring Gull: c. 20 'White Rocks'
Great Black-backed Gull: c. 15  'White Rocks'
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 5
Downy Woodpecker: 1 
White-eyed Vireo: 1
Blue Jay: 30+  Migrating and avoiding the water
American Crow: 2
Fish Crow: 1
Carolina Chickadee: 4
Tufted Titmouse: 4
White-breasted Nuthatch: 1
Carolina Wren: 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 4
Eastern Bluebird: 2
American Robin: 2
Northern Mockingbird: 1
Pine Warbler: 1
Eastern Towhee: 4
Song Sparrow: 2
White-throated Sparrow: 9  Still holding on
Northern Cardinal: 12
Red-winged Blackbird: 50+
Common Grackle: 3
Brown-headed Cowbird: 2
American Goldfinch: 8

Butterflies:

Tiger Swallowtail: 1
Cabbage White: 5
FALCATE ORANGETIP: 3
Orange Sulphur: 1
Spring Azure: 2
Variegated Fritillary: 2
Horace's Duskywing: 2
Juvenal's Duskywing: 1

Reptile:

Painted Turtle: 1

Amphibians:

American Toad: 1
Cricket Frog: several

Matt Grey
Pasadena