Post by Gord on Aug 26, 2007 22:08:52 GMT -8
I hope that everyone isnt getting sick of reports from Island 22. Yes, I was there again. 
Got a good start and went before work to see what the poor weather brought in.
The weather was not pleasant at times. I found shelter under cedar trees during these times and actually saw quite a bit from there too.
On the way in, I saw a great horned owl who glared at me as I passed. They're sure good at that!
Then I got the wits scared out of me as a ruffed grouse jumped up at my feet. Sorry Dave. I think I might have said something out loud to the effect of "Dave's not going to like hearing about this one..." I guess the owls have left one after all.
I walked along the river and it was very busy here. It looked like birds were coming in from across the river or something and landing here. Lots of warblers, vireos and tanagers (western). I was interested to see a red-eyed vireo young being fed by adults. This guy afforded some decent pictures as it sat in the willows whining to be fed and messing around with dead leaves it was pulling off the branches. I was even more interested to note that once, it pulled a bundle of dead willow leaves off a twig and appeared to place it under his foot as he rooted around in it. I got a picture of that as well.
Cute! ;D
Holding the leaves with his foot?
Snowberries seemed to be on the menu today. I observed warbling and red-eyed vireos, downy woodpecker, willow flycatcher and purple finch eating them.
At the end I had another treat of two American redstarts. One was a female and the second, which I didnt get as good as looks at, seemed to be more orange but certainly was not black like an adult male would be. Managed a poor shot. They were not interested in my pishing at all.
Location: Island 22 Regional Park
Observation date: 8/26/07
Notes: Wet and miserable!
Number of species: 49
Canada Goose 2
Northern Shoveler 3
Ruffed Grouse 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 8
Rock Pigeon 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 6
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Western Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 5
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 10
Red-eyed Vireo 11
Steller's Jay 2
Northwestern Crow 5
Violet-green Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 50
Black-capped Chickadee 35
Bushtit 11
Brown Creeper 6
Bewick's Wren 4
Winter Wren 2
Swainson's Thrush 4
American Robin 65
Cedar Waxwing 37
Orange-crowned Warbler 14
Yellow Warbler 11
Black-throated Gray Warbler 6
Townsend's Warbler 3
American Redstart 2
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Wilson's Warbler 4
Western Tanager 7
Spotted Towhee 4
Song Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Bullock's Oriole 1
Purple Finch 4
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 14
Evening Grosbeak 7
Got a good start and went before work to see what the poor weather brought in.The weather was not pleasant at times. I found shelter under cedar trees during these times and actually saw quite a bit from there too.
On the way in, I saw a great horned owl who glared at me as I passed. They're sure good at that!
Then I got the wits scared out of me as a ruffed grouse jumped up at my feet. Sorry Dave. I think I might have said something out loud to the effect of "Dave's not going to like hearing about this one..." I guess the owls have left one after all.
I walked along the river and it was very busy here. It looked like birds were coming in from across the river or something and landing here. Lots of warblers, vireos and tanagers (western). I was interested to see a red-eyed vireo young being fed by adults. This guy afforded some decent pictures as it sat in the willows whining to be fed and messing around with dead leaves it was pulling off the branches. I was even more interested to note that once, it pulled a bundle of dead willow leaves off a twig and appeared to place it under his foot as he rooted around in it. I got a picture of that as well.
Cute! ;D
Holding the leaves with his foot?
Snowberries seemed to be on the menu today. I observed warbling and red-eyed vireos, downy woodpecker, willow flycatcher and purple finch eating them.
At the end I had another treat of two American redstarts. One was a female and the second, which I didnt get as good as looks at, seemed to be more orange but certainly was not black like an adult male would be. Managed a poor shot. They were not interested in my pishing at all.
Location: Island 22 Regional Park
Observation date: 8/26/07
Notes: Wet and miserable!
Number of species: 49
Canada Goose 2
Northern Shoveler 3
Ruffed Grouse 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 8
Rock Pigeon 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 6
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Western Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 5
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 10
Red-eyed Vireo 11
Steller's Jay 2
Northwestern Crow 5
Violet-green Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 50
Black-capped Chickadee 35
Bushtit 11
Brown Creeper 6
Bewick's Wren 4
Winter Wren 2
Swainson's Thrush 4
American Robin 65
Cedar Waxwing 37
Orange-crowned Warbler 14
Yellow Warbler 11
Black-throated Gray Warbler 6
Townsend's Warbler 3
American Redstart 2
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Wilson's Warbler 4
Western Tanager 7
Spotted Towhee 4
Song Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Bullock's Oriole 1
Purple Finch 4
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 14
Evening Grosbeak 7
