Good evening.
The Islands are still fairly quiet except in the early morning but I did manage to dig out some birds and there are some new arrivals as well as an increase in the number of Common Terns, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-rumped Warblers and White-throated Sparrows.
The day started windy (of course) and cool (of course) with frost on the ground down there but the birds still sang up a storm despite these conditions. Most of the better birding was between the Fire Station (on Wards) and The Sanctuary with a another good showing on Hanlans.
Following is a sample of the birding today.
Canvasbacks, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned night-Herons, Common Loons, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, N. Flickers (62), E. Phoebe, Blue-headed Vireo, Hermit Thrushes, Brown Thrashers, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creepers, Carolina and Winter Wrens, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Purple Martins, Rough-winged and Barn Swallows, Ruby-crowned Kinglets (66), Nashville, Yellow-rumped (43), Pine (3), Palm and Black-and-white Warblers, Tree, Chipping, and Field Sparrows and Eastern Towhees. These and the usual species were worth the trip down there.
Can Spring be far away ?
Norm Murr
