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I took a friend birding today to introduce her to this wacky thing
called birding, and despite focusing on common birds we managed to see
a good number of species. We started off below Griggs dam for
waterfowl, then over to Greenlawn Cemetery and up to Highbanks Metro
Park to check the feeders. Here are a few highlights:
Griggs Dam & Hoover Park:
1 male Gadwall (below the dam)
Good numbers of Ring-billed Gulls on the dam
3 domestic-type ducks (below the dam)
3 Pie-billed Grebes (south of Hoover Park)
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk (near the 5th St. intersection)
Greenlawn:
10 Pine Siskins (high count; first heard in the trees around the
pond, they eventually came into the feeders)
1-2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 flyover Cooper's Hawk
Highbanks:
1-2 probable "Cassiar"-type Dark-eyed Juncos
1m, 1f Eastern Towhees
2 "Red" Fox Sparrows (feeders near the creek)
2 Common Grackles (feeders near the creek)
Good birding,
Paul Hurtado
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