Spent about 2 hours at the Cemetery, the cemetery-side of Lake 6, below the
spillway to the causeway and driving through Mae Simmons. Highlights:
Townsend’s Solitaire
Cemetery
Chipping Sparrow 8
Cemetery
White Crowns 10, 24+
Cemetery, Lake 6
Lincoln’s Sparrow 4+
Lake 6
Hermit Thrush 2
Lake 6
Spotted Towhee
Lake 6
Yellow-rump 3+,15
Lake 6, Below Spillway
Blue-winged Teal 60+
Lake 6, Below Spillway
Snowy Egret 1+, 3
Lake 6, Mae Simmons
House Wren
Lake 6
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lake 6
Bronzed Cowbird
Lake 6
Black and White Warbler
Lake 6
lark Sparrows 2
Lake 6
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lake 6
Bullocks Oriole
Lake 6
Ruddy Duck 3
Lake 6
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Lake 6
belted Kingfisher 2-3
Below Spillway
Common Grackles 6?
Below Spillway
White-faced Ibis 1, 7
Below Spillway, Mae Simmons
Am. Avocets 26
Lake 6
Ring-billed Gull 1, 1
Lake 6, Mae Simmons
The Solitaire seems late, but more were reported this winter than I remember
from previous years. There were a pair of shorebirds flying near the spillway,
but I never got a good enough look to ID them. The shape reminded me of
dowitchers. I never saw the white on the back but I don’t know if I missed it
or it wasn’t there.
As I was heading from the spillway to MLK, I saw a flock of birds and landing
on the water near some much larger ducks. When I got to a point where they
weren’t silhouetted, it turned out that they were 26 Avocets swimming in the
middle of lake 6.
Western Kingbirds were setting up territories everywhere it seemed. Mourning
Dove were plentiful at the cemetery. Whitewings and Eurasian Collared Dove were
present in typical numbers, as were Redwings and Great-tailed Grackles.
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