Backyard/Brydon Lagoon/Brydon Marsh - Oct. 1/11

[Randy]

Hi everyone,

I took a quick stroll behind my place at the above locations and it was actually fairly productive. I counted 32 species, which seems to be pretty good for the area. Here's what I saw:


Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 8
Mallard 25
Northern Shoveler 1
Green-winged Teal 6
Canvasback 1
Ring-necked Duck 1
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Steller's Jay 1
Northwestern Crow 5
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Bushtit 15
American Robin 1
European Starling 10
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 2
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Brewer's Blackbird 6
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 9
House Sparrow 8

Here's a duck that was on the lagoon. I was hoping for some ID help. Is it just a mallard? It wasn't with the other mallards, seemed to have a more upright posture, an oranger bill, and a more prominent pale supercilium. I'm sorry the picture is poor - I had to max out my zoom and crop it. Hopefully it's good enough to confirm ID:



Randy - Langley

[murraybrown]

Yes, it's a Mallard.

[Dave]

Wow, nice list. Especially for a backyard stroll!

[Randy]

Thanks Dave. My yard/area that I back onto is still a huge novelty for me and I don't see myself getting sick of it anytime soon!

Randy

[butterfly]

That's a really great list. We haven't been there but it looks like somewhere we would like to visit. Thanks for posting.