Another great weather day to be out there beating the bushes and that Margaret Liubavicius and I did on a short visit to The Spit. Following are some of the birds we found without going along the outer areas for lake birds..
Common Loon, Northern Shovelers, Canvasbacks, Redheads, many Lesser Scaup, 11 Buffleheads, Hooded and Common Mergansers, a Cooper's Hawk chasing down a Kinglet, a well seen Northern Goshawk perched in the woods, Great Black-backed Gull, Eastern Phoebes, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creepers, Winter Wrens, Yellow-rumped warblers ( not many left now ), Eastern Towhees, Clay-colored, Lincoln's, and Swamp Sparrows among the 9 Sparrow species, 4 Lapland Longspurs, and 2 pairs of Purple Finches.
Waterfowl numbers should increase from now on as the cold weather, etc. sets in and also watch for early Snow Buntings and an increase in the Longspur sightings. Also be aware that there may be a good movement of fiches this fall. Already we are reporting Purple Finches and Pine Siskins.
