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Hello birders, Out enjoying the glorious spring morning at Thompson Cty park, 140th and 180th street marshes I observed the following: Thompson: Great Egrets Wood Ducks Red-wing blackbirds several other expected species 140th: E. Meadowlark Killdeer Fox sparrow (in parking area) Song sparrows juncos galore Am. Tree Sparrows E. Phoebe - thanks Mike Lentz Green-wing teal Blue-wing teal Bufflehead several other expected species 180th (or on the way) Horned larks E. Bluebird Kestrel pair Ring-neck ducks N. Shovelers Large flock (~50) of swans way north of marsh 5 swans landing in marsh - a group of two close to road and a group of 3 way out there. I admit I was not up on my swan ID and was confused as I believe they were Tundras, but am not sure. Cynthia Reimer also observed them and Mike Lentz was there photographing them and got a few good pictures. I encouraged him to post them and report to the list with a link. One appeared to have yellow lores in a photo but it was really hard to see that through binos or my scope. I did observe them dipping their heads which I later learned is a sign of a trumpeter. It was quite windy and their backs appeared evenly rounded, another trumpeter sign. It was hard to judge relative neck length. If the photos get posted, maybe that will solve the mystery. Not as exciting as a Black vulture, but still a pretty good day learning more about birds and meeting great birders! --- Sincerely, Jim on the Westside 651-308-0234 business cell "A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life." - Charles Darwin ------=_Part_134386_20010332.1174875381910 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hello birders,<br>Out enjoying the glorious spring morning at Thompson Cty park, 140th and 180th street marshes I observed the following:<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thompson:</span><br>Great Egrets<br>Wood Ducks <br>Red-wing blackbirds<br>several other expected species<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">140th:</span><br>E. Meadowlark<br>Killdeer<br>Fox sparrow (in parking area)<br>Song sparrows<br>juncos galore<br>Am. Tree Sparrows <br>E. Phoebe - thanks Mike Lentz<br><br>Green-wing teal<br> Blue-wing teal<br> Bufflehead<br>several other expected species<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">180th</span> (or on the way)<br>Horned larks<br>E. Bluebird<br>Kestrel pair<br>Ring-neck ducks<br>N. Shovelers<br>Large flock (~50) of swans way north of marsh <br><br>5 swans landing in marsh - a group of two close to road and a group of 3 way out there. I admit I was not up on my swan ID and was confused as I believe they were Tundras, but am not sure. <br><br>Cynthia Reimer also observed them and Mike Lentz was there photographing them and got a few good pictures. I encouraged him to post them and report to the list with a link. One appeared to have yellow lores in a photo but it was really hard to see that through binos or my scope. I did observe them dipping their heads which I later learned is a sign of a trumpeter. It was quite windy and their backs appeared evenly rounded, another trumpeter sign. It was hard to judge relative neck length. If the photos get posted, maybe that will solve the mystery. <br><br>Not as exciting as a Black vulture, but still a pretty good day learning more about birds and meeting great birders!<br><br>--- <br>Sincerely,<br><br>Jim on the Westside<br><br>651-308-0234 business cell<br><br>"A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life." - Charles Darwin ------=_Part_134386_20010332.1174875381910--
