This was Carrie's weekend to work, but a beautiful sunny weekend nonetheless. I spent some time birding on Saturday, beginning at Ewing Park. It was still pretty cool as I walked through the park in mid morning. There were few birds, but I did come across this Eastern Phoebe in the meadow. It was my first of the year.
When I first arrived, I saw a beautiful adult Cooper's Hawk fly across the park. Then as I was about to leave the park, I found a small mixed flock including Brown Creepers, a White-breasted Nuthatch, and a Downy Woodpecker.
A little later in the day, I drove to the Kenneth L. Schroeder Wildlife Sanctuary, where I found a nice mixed flock of sparrows foraging in the woods, including Song Sparrows, a couple of Fox Sparrows, and a White-throated Sparrow. Also, in the vicinity, there were Black-capped Chickadees, White-breasted Nuthatches, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, American Robins, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, and a singing Northern Flicker. Then to my surprise, I heard and then saw a group of about 7 Rusty Blackbirds. These birds were not particularly skittish, so I was able to take quite a few photos of them.
No comments:
Post a Comment