Post by Gord on Aug 20, 2006 11:34:14 GMT -8
Went for a check in the early evening. Encouraged by Kathy's report of local shorebird movement, I was hoping to find a solitary sandpiper even though I hadnt seen any yet at Cheam when they've been almost reliable last few summers. Enough warming up the subject... 
Off the Loop Trail about 100 yds down, I found the first one feeding on the exposed pond weed (chara) beds. The second was at the beaver pond where they are usually found. On my way back around the one on the first section of the Loop Trail was still there.
A couple pictures.
Seemed to be a bit of movement among the little birds with a good mixed flock of yellow warblers, vireos and western tanagers.
Pied-billed Grebe 12 (2 families. One with 3 chicks a week + of age, the other with one chick about 2 weeks +)
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Wood Duck 20+
Mallard 15+
Blue-winged Teal 1
Green-winged Teal 3
Ring-necked Duck 1
Osprey 2
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Western Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 10+
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Steller's Jay 2
Tree Swallow 2
Violet-green Swallow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 12
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Brown Creeper 2
Winter Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 2
American Robin 20+
European Starling 2
Cedar Waxwing 30+
Yellow Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
Western Tanager 2
Spotted Towhee 4
Song Sparrow 3
Black-headed Grosbeak 5
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 juv
Bullock's Oriole 3
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
Evening Grosbeak 4
Off the Loop Trail about 100 yds down, I found the first one feeding on the exposed pond weed (chara) beds. The second was at the beaver pond where they are usually found. On my way back around the one on the first section of the Loop Trail was still there.
A couple pictures.
Seemed to be a bit of movement among the little birds with a good mixed flock of yellow warblers, vireos and western tanagers.
Pied-billed Grebe 12 (2 families. One with 3 chicks a week + of age, the other with one chick about 2 weeks +)
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Wood Duck 20+
Mallard 15+
Blue-winged Teal 1
Green-winged Teal 3
Ring-necked Duck 1
Osprey 2
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Western Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 10+
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Steller's Jay 2
Tree Swallow 2
Violet-green Swallow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 12
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Brown Creeper 2
Winter Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 2
American Robin 20+
European Starling 2
Cedar Waxwing 30+
Yellow Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
Western Tanager 2
Spotted Towhee 4
Song Sparrow 3
Black-headed Grosbeak 5
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 juv
Bullock's Oriole 3
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
Evening Grosbeak 4