[Birdtalk] Fw:Farmington Bay birds

[Tim Avery]

The following message is being forwarded on behalf on Ann Neville...

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  From: Neville, Ann (KUCC) 

  To: Tim Avery ; birderb at aol.com 

  Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 12:35 PM

  Subject: RE: [Birdnet] Merlin in Farmington

   

  Tim and Bill, for whatever reason Birdnet is not letting me post but since you go out there I thought I'd drop a line.  I go through the south entrance of Farmington Bay.

   

  On Saturday I just northwest of the dump on the far east dike in Farmington Bay (got that?) there was a bit of open water on the west side. I saw an avocet and two 'yellowleg' type birds.  Very gray and busy.  Their behavior was actually more like phalaropes than yellowlegs.  The water/muck was too deep to see their legs.  There is a very dark raptor in the area too it's been in the same tree for the last two weeks.  I thought it was a red-tail, but now I'm thinking more of a dark phase roughy.  I was looking through all the black birds and there were a ton of Brewers - unless redwings ever have yellow eyes.  I haven't heard anyone mention Brewers blackbirds.

   

  Also seen, pied-bill grebe, GBH, BCNHeron, song sparrow, marsh wren, harrier, roughy, bald eagle, raven, barn owl, mallard, shoveler, redhead, coot, teal sp, geese, gulls, pintail, redwing BB, lots of goldfinches.  

   

  Talk with you later, 

  Ann

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