Thursday, November 4, 2010

Pier 1 11/4--Wet & Windy

It looked like there was a break in the rain this afternoon, so around 4 o'clock I went out. The break lasted long enough for me to get down to Pier 1, then it started to rain again, building up from a tolerable drizzle into a windy downpour. 5 species of sparrows were skulking around in the marsh and on the lawns. The most interesting bird I saw was a very bedraggled juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron, bill tucked into its feathers, standing forlornly on one of the old pilings.

Today's little list:
Pier 1
Number of species:     9
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Black-crowned Night-Heron     1
Ring-billed Gull     1
Herring Gull     2
Chipping Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     1
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     6
Dark-eyed Junco    2

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