Hugh Currie lead our October 15th walk at Colonel Samuel Smith Park. It was a beautiful sunny day, unusually warm for the middle of October. That kind of weather is often terrible for finding birds, but we didn’t do too badly. While there weren’t big numbers, we found a nice variety of land birds and waterfowl. In the photo above, the group are watching a tree full of Yellow-rumped Warblers and both species of kinglet. A Horned Grebe swam close to some Red-necked Grebes for a nice comparison of the two species in non-breeding plumage. For many, the highlight was a pair of Eastern Screech Owls scouted and located by Bruce Wilkinson. Another “write in” for the CCFEW bird checklist! Here’s a full list of the species found on the walk:
|