Weed Walk Diary – September 2011
Sept 07—The start of the BIG FLOOD. With a little rain we started out to find the birds. It soon became a lot of rain. The rain was too much for us and we quit early. We did get 9 Semipalmated Plovers at the Airport that was by far the highlight. We ended up with 15 birds. Highlight birds were: Snow Goose, Kingbirds, and Wood Duck.
Sept 14—Aqua Terra With all the road closures we decided to stay close to home. As we drove into the Park we saw a Scarlet Tanager right next to the road. Getting out to get a better look we also got Nashville, Canada Warbler, Magnolia, Golden-crown Kinglet and Red-eye Vireo. Nice stop thanks to the Tanager. Other good birds Hairy, Red-tail and Cardinal.
Sept 21—On the road A pretty slow day. Things just were not cooperating with us today. Then we got 28 TVs at the Leekville marsh, which we quickly found out is on the back side of the landfill. As we passed the landfill, we heard the call of a Fish Crow and then we saw a lot of Fish Crows. As we left that area, a Raven sent us away with a nice loud CROAK. Scarlet Tanager and Brown Thrasher were added to our highlights.
Sept 28—Dorchester Park Dorchester was very quiet. The surrounding roads did, however, give us the best birding of the month. We got 40+ birds. A nice flock of 8 Meadowlarks, Cedar Waxwing to the tune of 200+, well over 3 dozen Kestrels, two male N. Harriers. Then we added some nice warblers, like Magnolia, Nashville, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green and Palm.
Dan Watkins, Weed Walk Chairperson
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