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| Eastern Kingbird |
Seeing that no warblers of any significance were around (I even walked the another, lesser known trail with practically zero results), I drove on down to my favorite spot in the park--Spizzle Creek. There were enough birds in the marsh and in the pools to keep me interested, but I was happiest when I turned a corner and saw my first Eastern Kingbird of the year perched up on a branch.
The wind started to pick up, so any plans to walk the beach were abandoned. I could see from the end of the Spizzle Creek trail that the Winter Anchorage wouldn't be too rewarding, so I left the park mid-morning and drove once again to Cloverdale Farm. I stopped yesterday, hoping to get Shari the Prothonotary Warbler but we just missed it, though it seems like all the other county birders got a look at it. I was hoping to see it today, if only to use it for Bird A Day (I used Barred Owl on Saturday), but what I was really hoping was to find at least one of the two Solitary Sandpipers reported there yesterday. Nope on both birds.
So, sifting through today's lists, looking for a Bird A Day candidate, I was surprised to find that it filtered down to Willet as the bird I'm likely to see the fewest times of all the Spring/Summer/Fall birds still available on today's list. And considering the Brig closure, it seems like a good choice to me.
Today's Spizzle Creek list:
27 species
Brant 15
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 1
Bufflehead 6
Red-breasted Merganser 2 In pool off left hand side of trail
Common Loon 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 5
Osprey 8
American Oystercatcher 1
Black-bellied Plover 7
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Willet 2
Dunlin 30
Herring Gull 10
Forster's Tern 5
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1 Heard
Fish Crow 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 2 Heard
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Boat-tailed Grackle 2
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