Cheam Wetlands Sept. 28

[Dave]

A relatively quiet hour in the wetlands yielded the following:

20+ Black-capped Chickadees
5 Song Sparrows
25 Yellow-rumped Warblers (mostly juveniles)
2 Towhee
2 Belted Kingfishers
12 Robins
1 Downy Woodpecker
6 Pied-billed Grebe
Lots Canada Geese
Lots Ring-necked Duck
3 Red-winged Blackbirds
3 American Wigeon
Lots American Coot
10+ Wood Ducks
15 Mallard
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Great Blue Heron
3 Red-shafted Flicker
3 Juncos
2 Stellar's Jay
20+ Crows (Flyby)

[Gord]

Dave, have you noticed if the flocks of blackbirds are going into the marsh in the evening? Seems they come to roost there during the fall, often a hundred red-wings and couple dozen Brewer's blackbirds. If you get there early enough in the mornings, you can see them go.
Just curious if they're still doing that.
Nice little list!

[Dave]

The blackbirds I saw were in the far marsh on the opposite shore of Cheam Lake. I saw them off the duck viewing platform in the cattails. So the answer is "Yes"!

-Dave