I took my morning walk in the WMA, paying attention to any stand of trees warmed by the sun. That's where I found most of the birds hopping around. The woods are now a cacophony of bird song--it has to be something pretty different for me to stop, otherwise I'd still be in the woods looking for birds well hidden in the pines.
I heard my first official Eastern Towhee of the year on the rise above the lake. "Official" because I thought I heard one yesterday walking along Sunset Road, but only heard it once and didn't want to list it under such flimsy circumstances. Today's bird was singing "Drink your tea-ee-ee-ee" lustily and loudly; no doubt about. But, of course, I couldn't find it. This afternoon I heard one singing around the house. They're great the first couple of times, but a whole season of them can be maddening.
I also stop to look for cowbirds because I find their song so pleasing--the male sounds like a drop of water plunking into a bucket. It just doesn't seem like a sound a bird would make.
On the lake yesterday and today I saw 5 Mallard ducklings with their mother--flushed them both times from their hiding place in the reeds along the shore. This seemed very early for duckling to me and after doing a little research on line I found that, like everything else this year, they are early--I'd say by about two weeks.
Twenty-five species today, the numbers keep increasing.
Mallard 8
Ring-necked Duck 2
Mourning Dove 7
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 8
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 1
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 3
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