Saturday, June 02, 2007

Birding

Melinda, Mom and I went birding today. It was marvelous!! I saw lots of new species.
Our total list includes:

  1. Downy Woodpecker
  2. Cardinals
  3. Great Tailed Grackles
  4. Common Grackles
  5. Mourning Doves
  6. Mockingbirds
  7. Black Vultures
  8. Turkey Vultures
  9. Barn Swallows
  10. Carolina Wren (new bird)
  11. House Finch
  12. Caroline Chickadee (new bird)
  13. White Winged Doves (new bird)
  14. House Sparrows
  15. Starlings
  16. Yellow Billed Cuckoos!!! (new bird)
  17. American Crow
  18. Scissor Tailed Flycatcher
  19. Killdeer
  20. Chimney Swifts
  21. Cowbird
  22. Song Sparrow
  23. Mallards
  24. Muscovy Domestic Ducks
  25. Eastern Meadowlark
  26. Dicksissel
  27. Eastern Kingbird
  28. Snowy Egret
  29. Common Night Hawk
  30. Great Crested Flycatchers (new bird)
  31. Pileated Woodpecker (new bird)
  32. Western Kingbird
  33. Black Throated Blue Warbler (new bird)
  34. Lark Sparrows
  35. Guinea Hens (domesticated)
7 new birds out of a total of 35. That's an amazing number of birds!
Jenny

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