Robert Long Park 2009-08-07

Robert H. Long Park, 2009-08-07, 10:40a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

These are the species saw today:

Great Blue Heron (1 only)
Great Egret (a few)
Double-Crested Cormorant (3)
Mallards
Canada Geese
Pied-billed Grebe (2)
A new sparrow (good pics - will post for ID)
American Goldfinch
Killdeer (lots)
Robin
Wood Ducks
Mute Swans
Belted Kingfisher (at least 2)
Cedar Waxwings
Spotted Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Downey Woodpecker
CArdinal (heard)
House Wren
Ring-billed gulls (only a couple - odd)
Red-Winged Blackbirds
House Sparrows (one eating a dragon fly!)
Northern Flicker
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallows (it looks like the last "kids" left home)
Red-Headed Woodpecker (a brief siting in a diff. location today)
A couple more "peeps" - I need to post pics

For additional thoughts and rambles from today see the next (above) blog.