Saturday May 7 Posted on May 8, 2011 at 01:43:47 AM by Cody Montgomery
Spent 6 or 7 hours prowling around today in and around Kirkfield. Had a productive day, with 35+ species in total.
Highlights include:
Male Wood Duck all dolled up
Eastern Kingbirds, which I first saw in Vancouver, where they are more plentiful there than the Western Kingbird, oddly enough
Beautiful Yellow Warbler
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
Wilson Snipe, Loggerhead Shrike (x2), Virginia Rail (x3, with photos), American Bittern (Only heard, but what an odd call!), Sora (heard several), Ovenbird, Brown Thrasher - all first timers for me!
Hoped for the Yellow Rail thats being heard, but no luck. Maybe if I was there in the evening it would be more active?
Really excited for what the rest of the summer has in store! Replies: There have been no replies.