Iona Island

[kestrel]

Spent some time at Iona yesterday. There were plenty of waterfowl still on the two inner ponds. Tree swallows were all over the place, and it seemed like almost every nest box was occupied. A Pied-billed grebe and its junior was seen on the north outer pond. I also saw the resident Yellow-headed blackbirds.

Some young Tree swallows waiting for food:
young Tree swallows by Joel Schmidt, on Flickr

A Red-winged blackbird fledgling was demanding to be fed. When I walked by on the far side of the boardwalk, dad flew over to ward me off.
Red-winged blackbirds by Joel Schmidt, on Flickr

A Common yellowthroat was singing:
Common yellowthroat by Joel Schmidt, on Flickr

The list:
7 Canada geese
20 Gadwalls
10 Mallards
15 Northern shovelers
3 duck sp.
2 PB grebes
1 cormorant sp.
1 Great Blue heron
1 Bald eagle
2 Killdeers
3 gull sp.
8 Rufous hummingbirds
2 hummingbird sp.
1 Willow flycatcher (heard)
8 NW crows
30 Tree swallows
5 Barn swallows
1 BC chickadee (heard)
5 Marsh wrens (4 heard)
1 American robin
18 European starlings
5 Cedar waxwings
1 Common yellowthroat
1 Song sparrow
1 Black-headed grosbeak (heard)
11 RW blackbirds
2 YH blackbirds
10 House finches
2 American goldfinches

[oldfulica]

Jun 15, 2017 16:19:01 GMT -8 kestrel said:

Spent some time at Iona yesterday. There were plenty of waterfowl still on the two inner ponds. Tree swallows were all over the place, and it seemed like almost every nest box was occupied. A Pied-billed grebe and its junior was seen on the north outer pond. I also saw the resident Yellow-headed blackbirds.


A Red-winged blackbird fledgling was demanding to be fed. When I walked by on the far side of the boardwalk, dad flew over to ward me off.

Nice shots kestrel. That Red-winged Blackbird almost looks like a Tri-colored blackbird with that white wing stripe..