We had a nice long weekend this time. Thanks for thanks giving holidays:-) It was a very good break after a very long time. Spent quality time with my family here. Did not do any crazy shopping for Black friday though ;-) Probably should have bought a lens ;-)
I did plan for a birding walk to Bob Woodruff park this time. I checked the weather forecast for Sunday morning and it was good. So decided to head towards the park and check some of our avian friends there.
Reached the park around 8AM. And started from the south end of the park. It was very quite this time around. Last time when I visited this park there was some marathon happening. But this time around there was no such thing and also the number of people jogging/walking were very less. The weather was pleasant for walking though.
Saw lot of White-throated Sparrows during the walk. Also ever present were the Cardinals and woodpeckers. I definitely see the difference in the number of woodpeckers we see here and back in India. In city parks we hardly see any wood peckers. They are usually seen in the outskirts and in wooded areas. Here in almost every park I see woodpeckers, its amazing.
Also number of Ruby-crowned kinglets were seen during the day.
Near the parking area of the park I saw couple of hawks sitting and watching over the area. Probably scanning for their morning meal. Looked like Red tailed hawks, I did not disturb them and they stayed perched there. So had no chance of seeing its distinct red tail while flying, hope it got its morning meal:-) Lot of Grackles can be seen near the lake here.
In the lake I saw some Mallards, Ring Billed Gulls and American coots. I saw some people trying to feed the birds here. The coots were being aggressive with Gulls and chasing them away from the food.
As I walked along the trail at one place I saw lot of birds. There were Yellow Rumped warblers, Woodpeckers, Eastern Bluebirds, Waxwings and also some Finches close by. Also a Flicker made a visit to the tree.
But I did see one interesting bird there. It looked and sounded like a Warbler but not sure of the ID. It was the most beautiful of warblers I have seen till now :-)
Also saw White breasted nuthatches and tree creepers during the walk. Tufted titmouses and Chickadees too.
Also saw 3 pied billed grebes in Oak Point park lake.
Saw some sparrows too but not sure if they are Savannah or Song Sparrows.
In the stream I saw lot of waste bottles and bags which was a sad sight. I hope we take better care of our surroundings.
List of bird seen during the day.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
I did plan for a birding walk to Bob Woodruff park this time. I checked the weather forecast for Sunday morning and it was good. So decided to head towards the park and check some of our avian friends there.
Reached the park around 8AM. And started from the south end of the park. It was very quite this time around. Last time when I visited this park there was some marathon happening. But this time around there was no such thing and also the number of people jogging/walking were very less. The weather was pleasant for walking though.
Saw lot of White-throated Sparrows during the walk. Also ever present were the Cardinals and woodpeckers. I definitely see the difference in the number of woodpeckers we see here and back in India. In city parks we hardly see any wood peckers. They are usually seen in the outskirts and in wooded areas. Here in almost every park I see woodpeckers, its amazing.
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| Downy Woodpecker |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Also number of Ruby-crowned kinglets were seen during the day.
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Near the parking area of the park I saw couple of hawks sitting and watching over the area. Probably scanning for their morning meal. Looked like Red tailed hawks, I did not disturb them and they stayed perched there. So had no chance of seeing its distinct red tail while flying, hope it got its morning meal:-) Lot of Grackles can be seen near the lake here.
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| Red-tailed Hawks? |
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| Great-tailed Grackle |
In the lake I saw some Mallards, Ring Billed Gulls and American coots. I saw some people trying to feed the birds here. The coots were being aggressive with Gulls and chasing them away from the food.
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| Ring-billed Gulls |
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| American Coot |
As I walked along the trail at one place I saw lot of birds. There were Yellow Rumped warblers, Woodpeckers, Eastern Bluebirds, Waxwings and also some Finches close by. Also a Flicker made a visit to the tree.
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Cedar Waxwing |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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| House Finch(Female) |
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| American Goldfinch |
But I did see one interesting bird there. It looked and sounded like a Warbler but not sure of the ID. It was the most beautiful of warblers I have seen till now :-)
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| ID? |
Also saw White breasted nuthatches and tree creepers during the walk. Tufted titmouses and Chickadees too.
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| Tufted titmouses |
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| White-breasted nuthtach |
Also saw 3 pied billed grebes in Oak Point park lake.
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| Northern Cardinal |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
Saw some sparrows too but not sure if they are Savannah or Song Sparrows.
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| Savannah Sparrow? |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
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| ID? |
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| ID? |
In the stream I saw lot of waste bottles and bags which was a sad sight. I hope we take better care of our surroundings.
List of bird seen during the day.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
- Mallard
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Great Blue Heron
- Black Vulture
- Red-tailed Hawk
- American Coot
- Ring-billed Gull
- Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
- White-winged Dove
- Mourning Dove
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Eastern Phoebe
- Blue Jay
- Carolina Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Brown Creeper
- Carolina Wren
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Eastern Bluebird
- American Robin
- Northern Mockingbird
- European Starling
- Cedar Wawing
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- White-throated Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Northern Cardinal
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Great-tailed Grackle
- House Finch
- American Goldfinch
