Hello all.

My slowly healing back allowed me to get out and walk today. A few birds of note at Swan Creek included courting Red-shoulderd Hawks, an Osprey and a couple of Tree Swallows. 

Highlights:

Brandon Woods Pond:

Canada Goose: 6
American Black Duck: 2
Gadwall: 21
Hooded Merganser: 1
Turkey Vulture: 6
Black Vulture: 2

Swan Creek/Cox Creek Dredge Facility:

Pied-billed Grebe: 1
Great Blue Heron: 4
Double-crested Cormorant: 3
Canada Goose: 12
Mute Swan: 2
Mallard: 12
American Black Duck: 3
Gadwall: 6
Bufflehead: 15
Lesser Scaup: 5
Ring-necked Duck: 2
Hooded Merganser: 6
Wood Duck: 4
Ring-billed Gull: 60+
Herring Gull: 50+
Great Black-backed Gull: 10
Turkey Vulture: 7
Black Vulture: 1
Bald Eagle: 4  two adults vocalizing, later saw one 4th yr and one 2nd yr
Osprey: 1
Red-tailed Hawk: 1 adult
Red-shouldered Hawk: 2 courting over the power line area
Killdeer: 2
Tree Swallow: 2  sitting on a Wood Duck Box
Song Sparrow: 18
Savannah Sparrow: 2
Swamp Sparrow: 1
Fox Sparrow: 1
White-throated Sparrow: 20
Red-winged Blackbird: c. 100

Matt Grey
Pasadena