It was a good birding day today - 35 species. Still a little slow in the park, with mainly the usual suspects that are here all winter, plus the ever increasing numbers of robins that are now around most of the time. Down in the valley around the town of Tropic was quite productive and included 5 year birds to add to the list. "Bird of the Day" was a Willet working the shoreline of a small pond east of town - I love shorebirds, they are the one group of birds that I really miss living here. On that same pond I saw a couple of FOY duck species: Northern Shoveler and Bufflehead. The other new species were Spotted Towhee and (could do without these) Brown-headed Cowbird.
The full list: Townsend's Solitaire, Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed), Pygmy Nuthatch, Mountain Chickadee, American Robin, Steller's Jay, Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Say's Phoebe, House Sparrow, American Coot, Redhead, Green-winged Teal, Western Scrub-jay, Spotted Towhee, Pine Siskin, Ring-necked Duck, Mallard, Willet, Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Western Bluebird, Wild Turkey, Golden Eagle, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-dove, European Starling, Black-billed Magpie, Red-tailed Hawk, Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brown-headed Cowbird, Mountain Bluebird, Canada Goose
The full list: Townsend's Solitaire, Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed), Pygmy Nuthatch, Mountain Chickadee, American Robin, Steller's Jay, Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Say's Phoebe, House Sparrow, American Coot, Redhead, Green-winged Teal, Western Scrub-jay, Spotted Towhee, Pine Siskin, Ring-necked Duck, Mallard, Willet, Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Western Bluebird, Wild Turkey, Golden Eagle, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-dove, European Starling, Black-billed Magpie, Red-tailed Hawk, Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brown-headed Cowbird, Mountain Bluebird, Canada Goose
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