Wetland transect 0920-1020

Clear; wind SE 15kph; 12?C; 1022

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron 3
Canada Goose 90
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 20
Northern Pintail 40
Green-Winged Teal 5
Greater Scaup 19
Lesser Scaup 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Virginia Rail 3
Sora 1 [1]
Unidentified gull 15
Northern Flicker 3
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Bushtit 5
Bewick's Wren 3
Winter Wren 4
Marsh Wren 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
European Starling 1
Fox Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 10
Swamp Sparrow 2 [2]
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4

Footnotes:

[1] possibly more than one; doing the single note screech.
[2] one on each side of the dike calling simultaneously

Total number of species seen: 26

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