Fritzie Blizzard and I hit the road around 3:00 this balmy-but-breezy afternoon
to see what we could see. We headed over to Rte 90 from my place on Waldron Rd,
then up to the MNWR and the wildlife drive, on over to Tschache, up to the
Aububon Center, and finally Armitage Rd, which by 7:45 was getting pretty dark.
Following is a list, roughly in order of first sighting of the day.
OSPREY (the first one of many, including several active nests, was a flyover
seen from my driveway--a first)
NORTHERN FLICKER
AMERICAN ROBIN
MOURNING DOVE
SONG SPARROW
WILD TURKEY (one crossing Conners Rd, later a flock of 5 of so on East Rd)
KILLDEER
HORNED LARK
AMERICAN CROW
COMMON GRACKLE
EUROPEAN STARLING
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (female by SE corner of Visitor Center pool, many males
everywhere)
AMERICAN TREE SWALLOW
BALD EAGLE (nothing active at Mud Lock; on nests at Montezuma and Armitage)
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
NORTHERN SHOVELER
GADWALL
CANADA GOOSE
MALLARD
GREATER YELLOWLEGS (4 at LaRue's Lagoon)
REDHEAD (1 at LaRue's)
PINTAIL
RING-BILLED GULL
NORTHERN HARRIER
COMMON MERGANSER (Tschache)
EASTERN PHOEBE
SNOW GOOSE (Knox Marsellus)
GREAT-CRESTED CORMORANT (KM)
GREAT BLUE HERON
RED-TAILED HAWK
AMERICAN KESTREL (Audubon Center)
SANDHILL CRANE (2 at Audubon Center, bugling; could hear others but they were
out of sight. Thanks, Carol for posting the pix)
PIED BILLED GREBE (heard at Audubon Center)
MUTE SWAN (pair on s. side of Armitage Rd)
SWAN species (6 Tundra or Trumpeter--too dark to tell--on n. side of Armitage)
Did I miss anything, Fritzie?
Nice day to be out--my first chance around here for several weeks. BLOODROOT
and at least 3 species of VIOLETS in bloom. Toads trilling and Spring Peepers
peeping.
-------------Kathy Strickland, Union Springs
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