Friday, March 26, 2010

Jackson Bottom birds, March 20-26, 2010



A new migrant this week was SAVANNAH SPARROW. Several were noted starting March 24. On March 26 came the first report of COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.

Other migrants increased in numbers, including TREE SWALLOWS, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and TURKEY VULTURES.

A EURASIAN WIGEON was reported March 20 and a PEREGRINE FALCON put in an appearance on March 26.

BUSHTITS are building nests now. The GREAT HORNED OWL chick is about 2/3 of adult size.

Otherwise, a fairly quiet week bird-wise.

Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch