Post by Gord on Aug 11, 2006 13:58:57 GMT -8
Went out in the boat from Island 22 to meet Kiyoshi to band the purple martins. On the way down and back we saw:
Barn Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Tree Swallow
1 Purple Martin
Vaux Swift
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron at Nicomen Slough
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
5+ Ospreys
1 Bald Eagle
3 Spotted Sandpipers
Glaucous-winged Gull
1 adult Herring Gull which I was somewhat surprised to see. Had good views and it came by really close at the end and I could even see the yellow eye which confirmed all the other fieldmarks I was seeing.
1 juv Bonaparte's Gull moulting into 1st winter plumage
2 juv Ring-billed Gull
10+ California Gull all juv as well
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon)
Willow Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
At Island 22 main gate, a pair of Eastern Kingbirds were sitting on the wires.
Out at Cheam Lake Wetlands in the afternoon:
2 Belted Kingfishers
1 Northern Flicker
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 female or imm Pileated Woodpecker
4 Western Wood-Pewee
6 Willow Flycatcher some with juv
4 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo feeding cowbird
2 Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
2 Bewick's Wren, one looked to be a youngster practicing its song
10+ American Robin, some in a loose flock
1 Swainson's Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
1 Yellow Warbler
Black-headed Grosbeaks with lots of young
2 juv Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Barn Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Tree Swallow
1 Purple Martin
Vaux Swift
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron at Nicomen Slough
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
5+ Ospreys
1 Bald Eagle
3 Spotted Sandpipers
Glaucous-winged Gull
1 adult Herring Gull which I was somewhat surprised to see. Had good views and it came by really close at the end and I could even see the yellow eye which confirmed all the other fieldmarks I was seeing.
1 juv Bonaparte's Gull moulting into 1st winter plumage
2 juv Ring-billed Gull
10+ California Gull all juv as well
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon)
Willow Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
At Island 22 main gate, a pair of Eastern Kingbirds were sitting on the wires.
Out at Cheam Lake Wetlands in the afternoon:
2 Belted Kingfishers
1 Northern Flicker
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 female or imm Pileated Woodpecker
4 Western Wood-Pewee
6 Willow Flycatcher some with juv
4 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo feeding cowbird
2 Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
2 Bewick's Wren, one looked to be a youngster practicing its song
10+ American Robin, some in a loose flock
1 Swainson's Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
1 Yellow Warbler
Black-headed Grosbeaks with lots of young
2 juv Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird