Blue Mash was beautiful in the lovely weather this morning. Here is
the list of birds Jennifer Kawar and I saw and/or heard, in their
order of appearance. Towards the end we met a man named Skip who
helped ID the harrier. There were some smaller ducks with the Mallards
and Can. Geese around the fenced pond but without a scope we could not
ID them. There were also many butterflies (Monarchs & swallowtails
mostly) and dragonflies.
Rooster(1)
Catbirds (dominant species near Zion road)
Mourning doves,
Cardinals
Great Egret (1)
Spotted sandpipers (2 juveniles, 1 adult)
Grackles
Chimney Swifts
Barn Swallows
Blue Jays
Goldfinches
Song Sparrows
Field Sparrow
Common Yellowthroat (1 male, very brief look)
Canada Geese
American Crows
Vultures (Black & Turkey)
Cedar Waxwing (strangely, a single one)
Eastern Towhees
Downy (1), Hairy (1) & Pileated (3 or 3x 1) Woodpeckers
Carolina Wren,
Chickadees
Blue Gray Gnatcatchers
Phoebe (Skip only)
Mockingbirds (dominant near the back fence)
Red Shouldered Hawk
Sharp Shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
Killdeers
Bluebirds
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Kingbird
Mallards (females)
Good birding,
Evelyn Ralston
Bethesda |