May 5, 2007


Here are a few highlights of birds seen from various places:

  • White-faced Ibis (6) – Kirby Lake
  • Franklin’s Gull – 4 – Lk Fort Phantom Hill
  • Common Moorhen – 1 – Kirby Lake
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 – SeaBee Park (my FOS)
  • Blue Grosbeak (1 f) W Lake Rd
  • Grasshopper Sparrow (3) – SeaBee Park
  • Summer Tanager (1) Cedar Gap Farm
  • Dickcissel (5) – SeaBee Park

Above sightings by Lorie Black

Waste Water, May 5, 2007:

  • Black-bellied Whistling Duck, 2
  • Gadwall, 2
  • Mallard, 2
  • Blue-winged Teal, 24
  • Northern Shoveler, 6
  • Northern Bobwhite, 2 (h)
  • White-faced Ibis, 1
  • Mississippi Kite, 1
  • Swainson’s Hawk, 1
  • Black-necked Stilt, 5
  • American Avocet, 10
  • Spotted Sandpiper, 1
  • Greater Yellowlegs, 3
  • Lesser Yellowlegs, 1
  • Western Sandpiper, 2
  • Wilson’s Phalarope, 50
  • Clay-colored Sparrow, 2
  • Lark Sparrow, 8
  • Grasshopper Sparrow, 1 (h)
  • Painted Bunting, 1
  • Dickcissel, 10

Waste Water sightings by Kathy Hampton, Laura Packer, Heidi Trudell

At DAFB:

  • Least Flycatcher, 1 (5-4-2007)
  • Bell’s Vireo, 2 (4-30-2007)
  • Eastern Kingbird, 1 (5-4-2007)
  • Yellow Warbler, 1 (4-30-2007)
  • Black and White Warbler, 1 (5-1-2007)
  • Northern Waterthrush, 1 (4-30-2007)
  • Yellow-breasted Chat, 1 (5-3-2007)

DAFB sightings by Laura Packer