Sunday, April 3, 2011

Oil City Evening Trip



Nice 4:30-8pm walk around the Loop, gorgeous blue skies,with huge puffy cloud formations.

Oil City Road trip highlights:

Snow geese, Wood Duck, Wigeon, Black Duck, Shoveler, Pintail, Green-wing Teal, Blue-wing Teal, Ring-Necked, Bufflehead, Hooded Merg, Com Merg, Ruddy,Pied-billed Grebe, Glossy Ibis, Bald Eagle, Red Shoulder Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Coot, Snipe, Woodcock, Great Horned Owl, Tree swallows.

42 species and excellent late day light on the ducks high-lighting their vibrant colors. At dusk Woodcock began calling and displaying.

Choruses of Spring Peepers during the entire walk around the loop made for a very enjoyable birding adventure.

On the home front, Fox Sparrow and the Flicker continue to feed here.

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