After spotting nine Black-faced Spoonbills during my recent visit to Asia, seeing this Roseate Spoonbill taxi and land in front of my eyes is another highlight of this Christmas Bird Count!
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Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill (玫瑰琵鷺). Click image to enlarge. |
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Pied-billed Grebe (non-breeding), Bluebill Pond, Harris Neck NWR |
Many thanks to Dot Bambach's great effort to organize this event, refuge manage Kimberly Hayes providing us hot chili, home-made cornbread and fruit for lunch, and Jaynne Reichert being such a patient and tireless chauffeur to make our CBC a wonderful day to remember. Finally, my appreciation also goes to our team leaders, Tim Keyes (morning) and Beth Roth (afternoon), we spotted over 70 species, including my lifer, American Wigeon! Yeah!!
Final note, I did go down to Jekyll Island Saturday morning to search for this Western Kingbird, which is supposed to be another rare bird in the area. Unfortunately, I did not have the "king's luck" :).. Oh, well, birding is always a miss or hit. But I still managed to get few shots and I was very happy! -- Happy Birding! -- Linda
Results of Team 14A in the alphabetic order: Species total number
American Coot 21 |
American Crow 15 |
American Goldfinch 16 |
American Robin 8 |
American Wigeon 3 |
Belted Kingfisher 3 |
Black Vulture 47 |
Black-and-white Warbler 1 |
Blue Jay 1 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 |
Blue-headed Vireo 2 |
Blue-winged Teal 15 |
Boat-tailed Grackle 47 |
Brown-headed Nuthatch 1 |
Bufflehead 5 |
Carolina Chickadee 21 |
Carolina Wren 4 |
Cedar Waxwing 2 |
Common Gallinule 3 |
Common Grackle 12 |
Common Loon 15 fly over head |
Common Yellowthroat 2 |
Double-crested Cormorant 4 |
Downy Woodpecker (male, female) 2 |
Eastern Bluebird 1 |
Eastern Phoebe 6 |
Eastern Towhee 7 |
Forster's Tern 1 |
Gadwall 15 |
Glossy Ibis 1 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 |
Great Blue Heron 5 |
Great Egret 6 |
Green-winged Teal 75 |
Hooded Merganser 21 |
House Finch 5 |
Killdeer 6 |
Laughing Gull 1 |
Least Sandpiper 20 |
Little Blue Heron 15 |
Loggerhead Shrike 1 |
Mourning Dove 7 |
Northern Cardinal 5 |
Northern Mockingbird 6 |
Northern Shoveler 1 |
Palm Warbler 1 |
Pied-billed Grebe 5 |
Pileated Woodpecker 2 |
Pine Warbler 11 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 |
Red-headed Woodpecker 2 |
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 |
Red-tailed Hawk 3 |
Red-winged Blackbird 33 |
Ring-billed Gull 2 |
Roseate Spoonbill 1 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 |
Snowy Egret 20 |
Song Sparrow 14 |
Swamp Sparrow 19 |
Tricolored Heron 10 |
Tufted Titmouse 18 |
Turkey Vulture 10 |
White Ibis 33 |
White-eyed Vireo 1 |
White-throated Sparrow 3 |
Wilson's Snipe 15 |
Wood Duck 25 |
Wood Stork 1 |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15 |
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 |
Beautiful, as always! Cindy
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