Post by Randy on Oct 14, 2012 16:51:48 GMT -8
Hey everyone,
I managed to get out during a lapse in the rain. I was intending to just go for a quick walk to the marsh and lagoon then head back but I ended up continuing onwards for a while. Unfortunately I forgot this was the west coast and the dry spell did not last long. I ended up getting fairly wet. However, extending my walk was quite worthwhile, giving me a few firsts of the fall. These included a flyover by cackling geese, ring-billed gulls, a couple bald eagles (which I hadn't seen in a couple months), chestnut-backed chickadees, and both species of kinglet. The ruby-crowned male was showing his crown much brighter than I have ever seen before, which was a nice treat. I was unable to get a photo unfortunately. Another first of the season was a couple pintails that I saw this morning from my window.
The only picture I was able to get because of the rain was this great blue heron, who was posing nicely on the lagoon.
I totalled 29 species over about 1-1.5 hours, which considering the blustery, rainy weather, I thought was pretty good.
Cackling Goose 20
Canada Goose 15
Gadwall 10
Mallard 50
Green-winged Teal 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 2
Wilson's Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 15
Glaucous-winged Gull 30
Northern Flicker 1
Steller's Jay 1
Northwestern Crow 15
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 8
European Starling 17
Song Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 1
House Finch 3
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 10
I managed to get out during a lapse in the rain. I was intending to just go for a quick walk to the marsh and lagoon then head back but I ended up continuing onwards for a while. Unfortunately I forgot this was the west coast and the dry spell did not last long. I ended up getting fairly wet. However, extending my walk was quite worthwhile, giving me a few firsts of the fall. These included a flyover by cackling geese, ring-billed gulls, a couple bald eagles (which I hadn't seen in a couple months), chestnut-backed chickadees, and both species of kinglet. The ruby-crowned male was showing his crown much brighter than I have ever seen before, which was a nice treat. I was unable to get a photo unfortunately. Another first of the season was a couple pintails that I saw this morning from my window.
The only picture I was able to get because of the rain was this great blue heron, who was posing nicely on the lagoon.
I totalled 29 species over about 1-1.5 hours, which considering the blustery, rainy weather, I thought was pretty good.
Cackling Goose 20
Canada Goose 15
Gadwall 10
Mallard 50
Green-winged Teal 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 2
Wilson's Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 15
Glaucous-winged Gull 30
Northern Flicker 1
Steller's Jay 1
Northwestern Crow 15
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 8
European Starling 17
Song Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 1
House Finch 3
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 10
