Subject: [Tweeters] Notes from Roy - 4-22-2011 - FOY Chipping Sparrows+
Date: Apr 22 12:06:34 2011
From: Denis DeSilvis - avnacrs4birds at q.com


Tweeters,

I was checking out the WESTERN BLUEBIRDS that were carrying nesting material
into one of the nestboxes here, when I spotted two CHIPPING SPARROWS on the
ground nearby. This is the first time that I've had them overlap with the
FOX and GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS that have been here all winter. That makes a
9-sparrow day, if you include SPOTTED TOWHEE and DARK-EYED JUNCO in the mix.



Of the 21 nestboxes I have set up, 19 are being defended or already have
nests in them. Two have CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES ensconced, one is
defended by the aforementioned bluebirds (the first since 2009), and the
rest have TREE SWALLOWS.



Last Sunday, 4/17, The RED-TAILED HAWKS started tearing up prey at their
nest at the corner of the property. I figure that's when one of the eggs
hatched. They've had nest failures the past two years, so I'm hoping this
year yields at least one fledgling.



About 3,000 Cackling and Canada geese flew over early on. Most were the
former. (Couldn't tell if there were White-fronted geese amongst them -
didn't have bins at the time.)



It's a pretty good day species-wise, and I had 49 on site thus far,
including the following:

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose

American Wigeon

Mallard

Green-winged Teal

California Quail (I)

Cooper's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Virginia Rail

Rock Pigeon (I)

Band-tailed Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Rufous Hummingbird

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Steller's Jay

Western Scrub-Jay

American Crow

Common Raven

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Bewick's Wren

Marsh Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Western Bluebird

American Robin

European Starling (I)

Spotted Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

Purple Finch

House Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

Evening Grosbeak

House Sparrow (I)



May all your birds be identified,



Denis DeSilvis

Roy, WA

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