Weed Walk Diary – April 2011
4/6 – Water Habitats
Rivers were running high but River Rd. had Wood Ducks, Am. Wigeons, Mallards, Ring-Necked Ducks, Hooded & C.Mergansers and Tree Swallows. At Boland Pond there were Gr.Blue Herons, Pied-Billed Grebes & Am.Coot. We checked the Bald Eagle nest at CVSP and although it seems the eggs have hatched no adults were present and we later learned the nest has been abandoned. On Brooks Rd. feeders had Fox Sparrow, Juncoes, House/ Goldfinches, C.Redpolls & T.Titmice. Nearby open fields had N.Harriers & Am.Kestrels. A Mockingbird on Columbia Dr.closed our list at 38sp.
4/13 – Spring Returnees
Our last and best stop today was at Joyner Rd. marsh which was loaded with Black/Ring-Necked Ducks, Hooded & C.Mergansers, Buffleheads, Mallards, Gr.Blue Herons, B.Kingfishers, Tree Swallows & Red-Winged Blackbirds. Immature Bald Eagles were at River Rd. & Boland Pond, Pine Warblers, E.Phoebe, N.Flicker & Fish Crow at Roundtop Park and E.Meadowlarks on Pitkin Hill for a total of 41sp.
4/20 – Valley Trip
More spring birds appearing or passing through along the river included Spotted Sandpipers, Horned Grebes, DC Cormorants, N.Shovelers, Barn Swallow, Yellow-Rumped Warblers, Bonaparte’s Gulls & Chipping Sparrows. We saw.E.Meadowlarks, G.Yellowlegs, Savannah Sparrows & N.Mockingbird at the Tri-Cities Airport. Our trip ended with our 46sp bird being an immature Red-Tailed Hawk at the Mall catching a mouse for
lunch.
4/27 – Victory St, Murphy’s and Parsons
Spring has sprung!!! Got 72 birds today. At Victory we got a Green Heron. But it was Murphy’s that gave us Brown Thrasher, Bonaparte Gull, Bank Swallows, Bufflehead, Shoveler, Palm Warbler and Horned Grebes. Parson handed us Black & White along with a Parula Warbler. Nice to see the migration under way.
Dan Watkins
Marie Petuh
Jan Trzeciak
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