It's been almost 4 months since my last birding outing. Since I did not get a chance to look at any waterfowl in Hagerman this winter I thought I will try my luck before all the waterfowl leave for the summer.
Started home early at 6AM and reached the refuge center by 7:30AM. The access road to refuge center is laid new. When I reached I could already see people looking for birds and some of the folks with fishing lines in the water too. I did not see any Geese on the fields. The first pool I checked had good number of ducks. It had Shovelers, Blue-winged teals, Gadwalls and Coots. There were lot of ducks around but not in the same number as we see in December and January.
I could see Shovellers, Blue-winged teals, Green-winged teals and Coots everywhere. I saw only one Pintail among all these other ducks. There were lot of Wilson's snipes and few Yellowlegs scattered across the pools too.
I saw a group of Pelicans at the back of the lake right next to a group of Terns. Just behind them I could see there were group of dowitchers too.
After birding the lake decided to walk the Meadow pond trail. Just before I entered the trail, I did some birding right next to the gate. There I saw couple of nuthatches, lot of Yellow-rumped warblers and sparrows. The near by stream had a lone Belted Kingfisher too.
The walk on Meadow pond trail was great. I saw almost all the sparrows I had seen earlier(Savannah, Lincoln, Harris, Fox, Vesper and Chipping). It was great to see all these sparrows again. The other birds I saw on the trail were Brown Thrasher, lot of Ruby crowned Kinglets, Chickadees and Titmouses.
After walking this trail I decided to try a Crow Hill Trail for the first time. And it was good idea to try this since I got to see first Black and White warbler for the season.
And started photographing butterflies too :-)
ebird : http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35121007
Birds seen during the day :
Started home early at 6AM and reached the refuge center by 7:30AM. The access road to refuge center is laid new. When I reached I could already see people looking for birds and some of the folks with fishing lines in the water too. I did not see any Geese on the fields. The first pool I checked had good number of ducks. It had Shovelers, Blue-winged teals, Gadwalls and Coots. There were lot of ducks around but not in the same number as we see in December and January.
I could see Shovellers, Blue-winged teals, Green-winged teals and Coots everywhere. I saw only one Pintail among all these other ducks. There were lot of Wilson's snipes and few Yellowlegs scattered across the pools too.
Blue-winged Teal |
Ross's Goose? |
Shoveller |
I saw a group of Pelicans at the back of the lake right next to a group of Terns. Just behind them I could see there were group of dowitchers too.
Wilson's Snipe |
American Golden plover |
Killdeer |
Yellowlegs |
Pelicans and Terns |
After birding the lake decided to walk the Meadow pond trail. Just before I entered the trail, I did some birding right next to the gate. There I saw couple of nuthatches, lot of Yellow-rumped warblers and sparrows. The near by stream had a lone Belted Kingfisher too.
The walk on Meadow pond trail was great. I saw almost all the sparrows I had seen earlier(Savannah, Lincoln, Harris, Fox, Vesper and Chipping). It was great to see all these sparrows again. The other birds I saw on the trail were Brown Thrasher, lot of Ruby crowned Kinglets, Chickadees and Titmouses.
Red-bellied woodpecker |
Northern Cardinal |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Brown Creeper |
Harris Sparrow |
Vesper Sparrow |
Lincoln Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow |
Tufted Titmouse |
Brown Creeper |
After walking this trail I decided to try a Crow Hill Trail for the first time. And it was good idea to try this since I got to see first Black and White warbler for the season.
Black and White Warbler |
And started photographing butterflies too :-)
Goatweed Leafwing |
Dusky-blue Groundstreak? |
Southern Dogface |
Elada Checkerspot? |
Mournful Duskywing? |
Red Admiral |
Buckeye |
ebird : http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35121007
Birds seen during the day :
1 | Snow/Ross's Goose |
2 | Canada Goose |
3 | Gadwall |
4 | Blue-winged Teal |
5 | Northern Shoveler |
6 | Northern Pintail |
7 | Green-winged Teal |
8 | Pied-billed Grebe |
9 | American White Pelican |
10 | Great Blue Heron |
11 | Great Egret |
12 | Black Vulture |
13 | Turkey Vulture |
14 | Northern Harrier |
15 | Red-tailed Hawk |
16 | American Coot |
17 | American Golden-Plover |
18 | Killdeer |
19 | Least Sandpiper |
20 | Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher |
21 | Wilson's Snipe |
22 | Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs |
23 | Ring-billed Gull |
24 | Mourning Dove |
25 | Belted Kingfisher |
26 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
27 | Downy Woodpecker |
28 | American Kestrel |
29 | Eastern Phoebe |
30 | Blue Jay |
31 | American Crow |
32 | Carolina Chickadee |
33 | Tufted Titmouse |
34 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
35 | Brown Creeper |
36 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
37 | Eastern Bluebird |
38 | Brown Thrasher |
39 | Northern Mockingbird |
40 | American Pipit |
41 | Black-and-white Warbler |
42 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
43 | Field Sparrow |
44 | Fo Sparrow |
45 | Dark-eyed Junco |
46 | White-crowned Sparrow |
47 | Harris's Sparrow |
48 | White-throated Sparrow |
49 | Vesper Sparrow |
50 | Savannah Sparrow |
51 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
52 | Northern Cardinal |
53 | Red-winged Blackbird |
54 | Western/Eastern Meadowlark |
what camera did you use for the pictures? thanks
ReplyDeleteNikon D7100 and Tamron 150-600 lense
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