Carden - Night and Day Birds Posted on June 19, 2011 at 12:09:01 PM by Norm Murr
Good day Folks.
On Wednesday the 15th Ian Cannell and I birded the Carden Alvar and some roads south of Kirkfield and on Saturday the 18th we returned with Zoe Brocklehurst and Justen Dralle and birded some of the same areas and as usual the birding was outstanding as was the company, especially on Saturday and following are some of the 107 bird species we found along with some accumulative sightings totals. The Whip-poor-will, Nighthawk and Saw-whet Owl totals were for the 15th only.
Pied-billed Grebe (12) - (including 2 families – 1 female with 3 chicks and 1 with 5 chicks), Common Loons, American Bittern (6), Least Bittern (2) Saturday only, Green Heron, Wood Duck (9), Green-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Osprey (16) includes birds seen on the way from Carden, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Merlin (3), Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Virginia Rail (16 including chicks), Sora, Common Moorhen, Sandhill Crane, Upland Sandpiper (31), Black-billed Cuckoo (5), Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Great Horned Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl (5), Common Nighthawk (17), Eastern Whip-poor-will (63), Pileated Woodpecker, Loggerhead Shrike, Common Raven, House Wren, Sedge Wren (28), Marsh Wren (34), Eastern Bluebird (18), Veery, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Golden-winged, Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped and Black-and-white Warblers, American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush, Scarlet Tanager, Eastern Towhee, Clay-colored Sparrow (6), Field and Vesper Sparrows, Grasshopper Sparrow (36), Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting and Purple Finch.
Some of the 15 species of animals were White-tailed Deer, Porcupine, Gray Fox (great find and well seen), Varying Hare (Snowshoe Rabbit), Beaver and many Green Frogs and Gray Treefrogs. Replies: There have been no replies.