Greetings All:
As I was working today, I noticed a lot of interesting bird sightings
piling up in my e-mail folder. Though, thanks to a cold or something,
I haven't been feeling particularly perky the last couple of days. I
decided a bit of time at Clapp Park might be restorative.
The most interesting thing was the unusually large number of
White-crowned Sparrows: I tallied at least 115 which is a pretty solid
number for a single site this late in the season.
The biggest miss: I couldn't pop up the Black-and-white Warbler anywhere.
On the other hand, goodies included 1 Common Poorwill in the big
saltcedar thicket in the arboretum, 5 Black-necked Stilts at the north
playa, 2 American Avocets at the north playa, 2 Solitary Sandpipers at
the north playa. 3 White-faced Ibises at the north playa, 1 House Wren
at what is left of Shrubhenge, 1 Gray Catbird in a thicket along the
fence between the arboretum and the park, the continuing Brown
Thrasher in the arboretum, 1 Hermit Thrush along the nature trail,17
Chipping Sparrows/2 Clay-colored Sparrows/1 Brewer's Sparrow scattered
about, 1 White-throated Sparrow near the butterfly garden, 1
Green-tailed Towhee in the big saltcedar thicket in the arboretum, 1
male Bronzed Cowbird in the arboretum, 11 Orange-crowned Warbler along
the nature trail, Yellow Warbler along the nature trail, 2 Wilson's
Warblers scattered about, and a singing male Summer Tanager atop a
tree near the butterfly garden.
It seems like things have been running a bit slow thus far this
spring; this felt like turning a corner:)
Regards; Anthony Hewetson