A day late and a dollar short. I don't know if anyone else has
mentioned it yet, I may have missed it, but the Osprey Pair at Alum
Creek Resevoir are back on platform 4 and have started adding sticks, I
saw both of them on the platform and then in the trees opposite Hogback
ROad accross the water. Other birds in the area were E. Towhee, Field
Sparrow, R-t. Hawk, T.V., Kingfisher, and some ducks that were too far
out for me to see (I only had my 8 power monocular, its good but not
spotting scope good).
       Here at home I just had some Golden-crowned Kinglets in the tree
out my back window, must be some migration going on with them. I saw
some yesterday while I was searching for vernal-pool wetlands. Speaking
of those the Toads (american) have already begun calling, that seems a
bit early to me. Breeding bird activity is happening too, I've found
several pairs of R-b. Woodpeckers, Wood-cock out back, accross the
street a nesting pair of Red-shouldered hawks, and the Screech Owls are
calling low tremmulo's in the wood/edge behind us.
      Good birding,
         = Ben Warner
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