Post by kenneth2019 on Apr 29, 2024 19:31:53 GMT -8
I had a good week around Hope.
There is not a lot of shorebird habitat/feeding stopover spots around Hope, but I felt there must be shorebirds going through. This week on Laidlaw Rd I found new ground created by the pipeline construction, there is a good area of ponding in one of the corn fields that has a grass cover crop on it. They spray cow waste on these fields, which is good for insect growth. I had a Greater Yellowlegs show up and stay for 3 days, next a Snipe and then Sandpipers, mostly Least but a few Western. With only a 1/4 of the pond visible I counted 30 sandpiper.
And a question: Is there a species category in ebird similar to Sandpiper sp. ?
At Hope Track I had Vesper Sparrow, Wilson's Snipe and Killdeer, a couple of which posed for me.
Wilson's Snipe at Hope Track by Kenneth Davis, on Flickr
Killdeer at Hope Track by Kenneth Davis, on Flickr
Today at the airport I had Killdeer, Say's Phoebe, Townsend's Solitare, American Pipit and Vesper Sparrow.
And Kawkawa Lake, there were 20+ Common Loon and around 100 Bufflehead. Today there were still 5 Common Loon, 135 Bufflehead, Barrows Goldeneye, Common Merganser (all female) and 25 Bonaparte's Gull.
and a Canada Goose that did not want to be disturbed.
CAGO at Kawkawa Lake by Kenneth Davis, on Flickr
There is not a lot of shorebird habitat/feeding stopover spots around Hope, but I felt there must be shorebirds going through. This week on Laidlaw Rd I found new ground created by the pipeline construction, there is a good area of ponding in one of the corn fields that has a grass cover crop on it. They spray cow waste on these fields, which is good for insect growth. I had a Greater Yellowlegs show up and stay for 3 days, next a Snipe and then Sandpipers, mostly Least but a few Western. With only a 1/4 of the pond visible I counted 30 sandpiper.
And a question: Is there a species category in ebird similar to Sandpiper sp. ?
At Hope Track I had Vesper Sparrow, Wilson's Snipe and Killdeer, a couple of which posed for me.
Wilson's Snipe at Hope Track by Kenneth Davis, on FlickrKilldeer at Hope Track by Kenneth Davis, on FlickrToday at the airport I had Killdeer, Say's Phoebe, Townsend's Solitare, American Pipit and Vesper Sparrow.
And Kawkawa Lake, there were 20+ Common Loon and around 100 Bufflehead. Today there were still 5 Common Loon, 135 Bufflehead, Barrows Goldeneye, Common Merganser (all female) and 25 Bonaparte's Gull.
and a Canada Goose that did not want to be disturbed.
CAGO at Kawkawa Lake by Kenneth Davis, on Flickr
