Highlights
- Mallard – 11 (1 pair with 7 ducklings in tow and another pair)
- Western Kingbird – 1 (FOS)
Number of species: 32
- Greater White-fronted Goose – 1
- Canada Goose – 1
- Mallard – 11
- Mallard (Domestic type) – 10
- Green-winged Teal – 1
- American White Pelican – 4
- Great Egret – 1
- Red-tailed Hawk – 1
- American Coot – 30
- Killdeer – 2
- Ring-billed Gull – 30
- Rock Pigeon – 12
- Eurasian Collared-Dove – 2
- Mourning Dove – 16
- Western Kingbird – 1 (FOS)
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher – 8
- Blue Jay – 2
- Cliff Swallow – 10
- Barn Swallow – 2
- American Robin – 4
- Northern Mockingbird – 8
- Curve-billed Thrasher – 1
- European Starling – 10
- Clay-colored Sparrow – 40
- Vesper Sparrow – 5
- White-crowned Sparrow – 5
- Red-winged Blackbird – 5
- Common Grackle – 6
- Great-tailed Grackle – 30
- Brown-headed Cowbird – 10
- House Finch – 10
- House Sparrow – 20
Sightings by Dan Symonds
2 responses to “April 12, 2009 – Nelson Park”
Some additional sightings I’ve noted at Nelson Park:
Black-necked Stilt (April 11, 2009)
Swainson’s Hawk (April 14, 2009)
Pyrrhuloxia (April 14, 2009)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (April 14, 2009
Sighted on April 18th, 2009 @ Nelson Park
Osprey (1)
Cedar Waxwing (6)
Today is the first time I’ve ever seen either of these species. I thought the Waxwing was a Western Kingbird until I got close enough for a photo and realized what I was shooting. I had no clue also about the Osprey until I got back home to my field guide; it was rather exciting when discovered what it was.