Four more spring arrivals at Greenlawn:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
I'm sure I also heard a Black-throated Green Warbler
but couldn't track it down.
The female Hooded Merganser at the pond has been
joined by a second female. The Belted Kingfisher was
flying up and down the pond today.
The point I used to sit at to bird on the pond has
been taken over by Canada Geese determined to build a
nest where it will never last (their island is still
under water). A mud-smudged egg was 12 feet away from
the nest. Maybe something was raiding the nest just
as I got there. I replaced the egg and several hours
later the female had covered it with twigs and stuff.
The resident Phoebe has her nest almost completed.
I saw no Fox Sparrows today and few White-throated
Sparrows.
I counted 38 species today from 8-noon.
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