By habit, dressed in layers for the 33º F, 7:30 a.m., start to our Count Day (CBC), Lois's team included Linda Elder, Ellen Leng, Linda Jacobs, and myself. Mike McMillie assigned us to Ponds 5, 6, 7, and the fishing pond while his group would cover Ponds, 1, 2, 3 & 4. The plan was to meet back at the library parking lot around 11:30 a.m.
Crossing the wooden bridge at the Fishing Pond gave our team a great start with some new winter birds.
A single WESTERN GREBE and five LESSER SCAUP were our first sightings among the usual RING-NECKED DUCKS and MALLARD.
WESTERN GREBE
LESSER SCAUP (drake)
LESSER SCAUP (drake-right rear; hen front left)
LESSER SCAUP (drake)
Moving on to the other ponds in our Count area, I'm posting the following photos:
AMERICAN AVOCET - above and below
Among the few songbirds I photographed, are the following:
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD
HOUSE FINCH
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER Between our two teams of bird counters, we came up with 71 species of birds, 2670 individual birds.
Not a bad half-day at all. Appreciated the good camaraderie among us all.
Until next time.
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