A good day for watching migrating Canada Geese, done while painting our
house on the southern end of Snake Mountain. Observed and counted 21
skeins through the day, for a total count of 1505 (sometimes adding
separate counts comes up with funny numbers). The largest group I
estimated at 300; the smallest was14. All were moving steadily
northward at altitude. Unable to discern any other tag-along geese species.
Also seen or heard (sorry about the order, ebird seems not to be
available this evening) today at same location:
Junco 2
Tree Sparrow 1
Cardinal 6
Blue Jay 12
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Robin 35
Tufted Titmouse 12
Black-capped Chickadee 17
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Killdeer 1
Ruffed Grouse 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Crow 45
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Goldfinch 9
Mourning Dove 3
House Sparrow 20
Starling 1
Purple Finch 1
Raven 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Goshawk 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Barred Owl 1
Mallard 2
Also one bat during early evening.
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Ian