Sunday, December 12, 2010
Many thanks to the Mississippi Coastal Audubon Society for this special birding opportunity!
Here are the birds:
Snow Goose 1
Ross's Goose 2
Gadwall 40
Blue-winged Teal 5
Northern Shoveler 75
Green-winged Teal 15
Canvasback 8
Redhead 10
Ring-necked Duck 5
Lesser Scaup 200
Ruddy Duck 50
Pied-billed Grebe 1
American Bittern 1
Great Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
White Ibis 15
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Virginia Rail 15
Sora 20
Common Moorhen 5
American Coot 700
Sandhill Crane 15
Sandhill Crane (Mississippi) 2
Black-necked Stilt 20
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 5
Dunlin 2
Wilson's Snipe 45
Eastern Phoebe 5
Tree Swallow 30
Marsh Wren 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Pipit 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Palm Warbler 10
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Boat-tailed Grackle 45
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
CBA Field Trip 11-20-10, Birding at the Dump, or Where's Waldo
We then headed north to go to the partially developed Fairhope Falls subdivision off of CR 104 near Silverhill. Birding was a little slow there and it doesn't seem like there are as many sparrows as last year. In addition, most of us were fairly burned out, hungry, or needed a bathroom break after spending over two hours on our Where's Waldo puzzle so we only spent a little over a half hour at Fairhope Falls. However, everyone agreed that the area looked "birdy" and was worthy of further investigation. Keep those Fairhope Falls reports coming Karen!
Magnolia Springs Landfill:
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 20
Laughing Gull 750
Franklin's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 75
Herring Gull 30
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 10
European Starling 20
American Pipit 4
Savannah Sparrow 10
Eastern Meadowlark 8
Fairhope Falls:
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Killdeer 1
Wilson's Snipe 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Pine Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 5
Savannah Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Sunday, October 3, 2010
10-2-10 CBA Ft. Morgan Field Trip
Brown Pelican 10
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 19
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 5
Royal Tern 5
Mourning Dove X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chuck-will's-widow 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 8
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay X
Carolina Chickadee X
Carolina Wren X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Eastern Bluebird 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 15
Gray Catbird 15
Northern Mockingbird X
Brown Thrasher 5
Tennessee Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 8
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 3
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 7
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 6
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 7
Hooded Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Birding in the rain: CBA field trip Saturday, August 28
Blakeley Island parking area A:
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Common Moorhen
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Empidonax sp.
Great Crested Flycatcher
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Yellow Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Lark Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Orchard Oriole
Blakeley Island parking area B:
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Common Moorhen
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Mourning Dove
Empidonax sp.
Yellow Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Battleship Park:
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Clapper Rail
Killdeer
Sunday, August 15, 2010
CBA Field Trip to Dauphin Island 8-14-10
Dauphin Island Public Beach:
Northern Gannet
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Reddish Egret
Osprey
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Marbled Godwit
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Gray Kingbird
House Finch
Shell Mounds:
Broad Winged Hawk
Chimney Swift
Yellow Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
SummerTanager
Native birds
Other:
Magnificent Frigatebird
Sunday, December 7, 2008
CBA Field Trip to Ocean Springs, MS waste water facility: 12-6-08
An estimated 40 people showed up for the joint CBA and
Here is a list of 57 species I had noted for our group (with Mark Woodrey serving as our leader).
CINNAMON TEAL -1 beautiful male loafing on a pipe in the first settling pond.
Canda Goose -a fly-over flock of ~20 birds
Snow Goose -1 immature
Greater White-fronted Goose -4
Northern Pintail - male
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
King Rail (heard only)
Virginia Rail (heard only)
Sora
American Coot
Common Moorhen
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Dowitcher species (silent)
Bonaparte’s Gull
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker (heard)
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Mockingbird
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Swamp Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Wolf Field Field Trip 11-22-08
Marcus, Homer Singleton, Bob Duncan, Chazz Hesselein
I was only able to stay with the field trip group during the portion of
the trip held at Wolf Field. Below is a list of birds either seen by or
reported to me. I invite those who attended the field trip to fill in
with any other birds seen on this field trip.
Birds see/heard from Wolf Field:
Snow Goose
Turkey Vulture
American Kestrel
Northern Harrier
American Crow
Carolina Wren
Sedge Wren
Northern Mockingbird
American Pipit
Gray Catbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow