Sunday, January 13, 2013

West Meadow, Jan 12, 2013

West Meadow Beach
Jan 12, 2013

This Bird walk was great. Ranger Gerle from West Meadow Beach took us on it. We saw:
-Great Blue Heron
-Great Egret
-Sanderling
-Belted Kingfisher
-Common Loon
-Horned Grebe
-Canada Goose
-American Black Duck
-Mute Swan
-Red Breasted Merganser
-Gadwal
-American Widgeon
-Downy Woodpecker
-American Crow
-Black Capped Chickadee
-Carolina Wren
-Northern Mockingbird
-Song Sparrow
-White Throated Sparrow
-Dark Eyed Junco
-Northern Cardinal
-American Goldfinch

Memorable Moments

Great Kingfisher

Me and Pat, another birdwatcher, heard a bird calling while waiting for a horned grebe to come back up. Then a white speck appeared on the other side. It was a belted Kingfisher!




Great Egret

We thought we saw it once, and then we really saw it. What is so amazing? They are supposed to be migrating!




Great Blue Heron Tracks

I saw them but didn't know what they were. I took a picture (blogger doesn't want me to upload it) and researched it at home. They were Great Blue Heron Tracks.


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