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Monday, October 12, 2009

Our Big Sit 2009, 48 Species

We had a great time doing the "Big Sit" and, thanks to the weather front that come through, saw more species than we expected.
Here's our list. Photos coming later today or tomorrow.
Some highlights — looking at a male Northen Harrier while a Ruffed Grouse flew through the same binocular view, also seeing Bald Eagles three times.

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Ruffed Grouse
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned HaWK
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-billed Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsuccker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Red-Crossbill
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin

1 comment:

Andy said...

You beat us by a country mile.