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Posted by Toe on 16:43:52 12/27/14
Leave it to Bill to get me out with my knee still recovering from surgery. Despite some pain, I managed to walk to the first pond south of the wastewater plant. The rest of the count I did from the car. Nothing terribly rare, but decent variety.
Muscovy Duck 24
Gadwall 1
American Wigeon 9
Mottled Duck 22
Blue-winged Teal 30
Ring-necked Duck 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Wood Stork 16
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Anhinga 3
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 5
Little Blue Heron 4
Cattle Egret 1
Green Heron 2
White Ibis 385
Glossy Ibis 10
Black Vulture 57
Turkey Vulture 40
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 5
American Kestrel 2
Common Gallinule 10
American Coot 343
Killdeer 7
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 22
Laughing Gull 1600
Bonaparte's Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 300
Caspian Tern 2
Rock Pigeon 6
Eurasian Collard Dove 55
White-winged Dove 1
Mourning Dove 119
Barn Owl 5
Eastern Screech Owl 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Fish Crow 18
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Gray Catbird 45
Northern Mockingbird 8
European Starling 122
Common Yellowthroat 12
Palm Warbler 12
Prairie Warbler 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 120
Common Grackle 79
Boat-tailed Grackle 8
Total: 60 species, 3,564 individuals
I missed Brown-headed Cowbird, which is doubly disappointing since I was hoping for a Yellow-headed Blackbird mixed in, which we've had in the past.
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