Saturday, 3/14
Home: Great Horned Owl - 1 heard only; occasionally hear one here in suburbia
Liberty Watershed at Bollinger Mill Road:
Sapsucker 1
Phoebe 2
Myrtle Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 2, migrants or wintering birds here
Fox Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 8
Sunday, 3/15
Home: White-winged Crossbill 2 were perched in the top of our oak tree but flew off calling before I could get a close look. An unexpected yard bird while the dog in the evening.
Monday, 3/16
Home:
White-crowned Sparrow 1 immature continues in the neighborhood.
White-winged Crossbill 15 dropped into a neighbor's spruce tree while I was walking the dog this morning.
Westminster Community Pond:
Canada Goose 18
Graylag Goose 6 of various colors
Mallard 34, including two or three breeds
Ring-billed Gull 4
Study Road Farm Pond:
Canada Goose 435
Baldpate 4
Mallard 2
Green-winged Teal 2
Hooded Merganser 2
Killdeer 14
Cranberry Reservoir:
Canada Goose 400
Hybrid goose 1, probably Graylag Goose X Canada Goose was dark-bodied with a white head and neck. At first glance it looked like an adult Blue Goose but a closer exam revealed the slightly larger size, heavy head, and thick neck.
Baldpate 8
Mallard 102
Redhead 6
Ring-necked Duck 3
Greater Scaup 2 females
Lesser Scaup 2 males
Bufflehead 1 female
Hooded Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 1 male
Coot 1
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 6
Phoebe 1 |