[Birdtalk] Audubon Farmington Bay Trip - 28 Dec 2007

[STEPHEN T CARLILE]

With the week off from work I decided to go on the monthly Audubon Farmington Bay trip today.  Lead by Bob Huntington, the three of use left the usual Centerville McDonalds meeting place.  It was cold and breezy, so we didn't expect much.  However, it turned out be be a pretty good day for a cold December, with 36 species seen (I guess I won't count the Canvasback duck decoys that had us going for a minute).  The highlights were a Northern Shrike (in the last cluster of small trees east of Egg Island on the north side of the road), American Tree Sparrow (in the road at the first canal bridge), a one-legged Long-billed Dowitcher (at the ponds at the end of the road (gates locked) that goes south after Egg Island), Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs (also at the ponds at the end of the road), and a Prairie Falcon (between the fist canal and Egg Island).  No owls like Steve saw earlier this week (a disappointment), but we did seen Rough-legged Hawks, Bald Eagles, American Kestrels (two eating a mouse lunch), and lots of Northern Harriers and Red-tailed Hawks.

The full list:  Canada Goose,  Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Ring-necked Pheasant, Pied-billed Grebe, Eared Grebe, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, American Kestrel, Prairie Falcon, American Coot, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Northern Shrike, Black-billed Magpie, Common Raven, European Starling, American Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, and American Goldfinch.

Thanks,

Stephen

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