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Post by Chris on Mar 10, 2024 14:44:18 GMT -8
Compared to the forecast the weekend weather was surprisingly good.
One of my favorite aspects of birding is visiting a local area often and seeing the subtle changes. This morning at the Heron Reserve was quite active with bird song. Even heard a few Golden-crowned Sparrows singing near the feeders. Robins seemed to be everywhere. I counted 92 Herons with the significant majority being on nests. There is still a fairly large flock of Cackling Geese around the area.
At Cheam, I saw 5 Barrow's Goldeneyes. A good number for the wetlands. Weirdly enough, only 2 Common Goldeneyes. Juncos were very vocal and I had around 20. Pacific Wrens were also singing. Had 12 RW Blackbirds which is the most I have had this year at Cheam. No Marsh Wrens. Hopefully, in a few days, a couple will be singing.
In the afternoon I went for a bike ride. I saw 34 Cedar Waxwings around the Hope Slough. While I was watching some Killdeer fly above the river a smaller bird caught my eye. It was a swallow. I tallied 8 VG Swallows and 3 Tree Swallows. In the Jesperson Pond, there were 6 Canvasbacks.
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Post by kenneth2019 on Mar 10, 2024 17:18:01 GMT -8
Chris, your statement "Had 12 RW Blackbirds which is the most I have had this year at Cheam." reminds me that yesterday as I was leaving through the back yard there were 40 plus RW Blackbirds in a single tree all singing. A real cacophony, it drowned out the Canada Geese flying over. Is this something they do? I have not seen this before.
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Post by Chris on Mar 10, 2024 18:34:38 GMT -8
I think larger flocks like that are migrating north. The ones I saw at Cheam were on territory for the most part, except for a handful that could be passing through.
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