Tweeters -; this morning was wonderful. Not too cold, not breezy, no precipitation, not too dark, not too flooded. We had a big group and we all really enjoyed the day, I think. The birds were pretty cooperative, and though we didn't have any particular rarities we did have some "less expected" birds.

Highlights:
a.. Snow Goose -; single bird just after 7:30 circled the flock of gulls that were sitting on the grass, seemingly disappointed that white birds with black wingtips weren't other Snow Geese
b.. Wood Duck -; pair near Rowing Club dock
c.. Green-winged Teal -; three below weir
d.. Ring-necked Pheasant -; heard "Lonesome George II" for the first time in seven weeks -; he lives!
e.. Western Grebe -; one on the lake
f.. Northern Harrier -; adult male(!) in the East Meadow -; we rarely get adult males at the park
g.. Great Horned Owl -; Eric heard 1 or 2 very early
h.. Peregrine Falcon -; adult perched east of the boardwalk. At the park we've rarely seen perched PEFA and rarely definite adults. The bird was buzzed by a COOPER'S HAWK
i.. Cedar Waxwing -; quite a few, scattered, hanging with American Robins
j.. Savannah Sparrow -; one still present, East Meadow
k.. White-throated Sparrow -; one with other Zonos NE of the weir
l.. Western Meadowlark -; two seen near model airplane field at 7:15
m.. Yellow-rumped Warbler -; a few scattered sightings, maybe 4 birds in all, after three weeks of "misses"
A late scan of the lake turned up a HORNED GREBE, and a flock of about 20 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS perched in a tree which later flew towards the Lake Platform. As I was leaving the park, I spotted the only definite ROCK PIGEONS of the day up near Hwy 520.

I got word (and photos) that a LONG-EARED OWL was found dead in the park a couple of days ago

Misses today were few: Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, Northern Shrike, and Marsh Wren. Hopefully, duck diversity will increase starting next week.

For the (very pleasant) day, 65 species!
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