Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Early Migrants in McLean and Livingston Counties
On April 5, another stop at Ewing Park yielded some fun with this Hermit Thrush, shown above, and a Fox Squirrel nibbling at her tail, shown below.
On my way to Centennial Park the same day, I came across this American Kestrel.
On April 7, I was surprised to find these Mute Swans on the East side of Evergreen Lake.
Then at the Gridley Wastewater Treatment Ponds, along the edge of the water, I had another good find--an early Pectoral Sandpiper.
Nearby, actually in one of the ponds, swam a stunning male Gadwall.
The next morning at the same location, this Blue-winged Teal couple was roosting on the concrete bricks, which lined the edge of the East pond, while a Greater White-fronted Goose fed in the grass surrounding the ponds.
The same evening, I found this pair of Double-crested Cormorants, while driving around Evergreen Lake and a male Red-breasted Merganser on the Woodford County side of the lake.
On August 10, I found this very wet Hermit Thrush at Salem Ranch, where I work, in Livingston County.
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