April 5, The Spit, Meadowlarks, Woodcocks, Sapsucker

[rickeckley]

Weird weather at the Spit Fri morning, 10-2.  Mostly sunny and calm, but bands of heavy clouds, high winds, and even short periods of snow and hail.  This kept me closer to the entrance – the wet woods, the fields beyond, and the stretch of the main road a ways beyond the docks.  Highlights included:

Great Blue Heron
Red-Talied Hawk
Kestrel
6 Killdeer
2 American Woodcocks
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Horned Lark
12+ Song Sparrows
2 Eastern Meadowlarks
Rusty Blackbird

[Rotarran]

Weird weather at the Spit Fri morning, 10-2.  Mostly sunny and calm, but bands of heavy clouds, high winds, and even short periods of snow and hail.  This kept me closer to the entrance – the wet woods, the fields beyond, and the stretch of the main road a ways beyond the docks.  Highlights included:

Great Blue Heron
Red-Talied Hawk
Kestrel
6 Killdeer
2 American Woodcocks
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Horned Lark
12+ Song Sparrows
2 Eastern Meadowlarks
Rusty Blackbird

Very nice.  Thank you for the report. Going there today, any tips on where to look for the Woodcock, Sapsucker, Meadowlarks and Rusty?

[rickeckley]

Woodcocks were in the tall grass of the wet woods behind the parking lot.

Meadowlarks were in the field beyond the wet woods - if you leave the wet woods heading southwest like you want to get back to the main road near the docks there is a treeless area.

Rusty was in the same area as the Meadowlarks.  I saw one/it a few days earlier just off the main road between the road and the docks.

Good luck