When we arrived at 8:30 AM Ed and Bev Neubauer were already by the now mostly dry lake and had already seen a lot of interesting birds. so I will list only the highlights of the birds we saw there as they will probably post a longer list. In spite of the lake having drained away there were still flocks of great egrets and great-blue herons "fishing" in the few shalloow puddles that remained. A mature bald eagle flew into a tree across the lake. And there were lots of American avocets.

After the Neubauers left we walked around to the other end of the lake. Along the way I saw one of the red-shouldered hawks that nested in that park this year. a question I have is as red-shouldered hawks extend their range further north is there a danger they might push out the red-tailed hawks?

At the far end of the lake in some dense tree and brush foliage warblers mingled with Carolina chickadees. I only saw a couple well enough to begin to identify them. One was a male common yellowthroat. The second I at first identified as a Canada warbler. The contrast between a dark upperside and a bright yellow underside, with a bright complete white eye ring led me to this conclusion. But after checking my field guides to verify I will admit it could have been a Nashville instead. I did not see the striped necklace of a Canada, though on a juvenile it is pale and hard t see. Also I have to consider that the bird was in a tree - in shade with any light on it filtered through leaves - which could make the contrast between the upper body and yellow breast seem stronger. My husband saw a black-and-white warbler.


Other birds seen: Carolina chickadee, ring-billed gulls, red-bellied woodpeckers, killdeer, a couple of Phoebes, a hummingbird feeding on jewelweed, robins, cardinals, and a downy woodpecker.

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