I arrived at the refuge at 7:45 with visions of ibises dancing in my head. Alas, no ibises but I did see a male Northern Pintail in breeding plumage. The plumage is no surprise but he should have left a month ago. He was also a first of year for me. Besides the birds, I saw a Swamp Rabbit and what looked like a dead coyote. Left at 10:30.
*=First of Year, getting harder to come by.
Species seen or heard:
- Northern Pintail *
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Northern Mockingbird
- Mourning Dove
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Indigo Bunting
- Dickcissel
- Great Blue Heron
- Canada Goose
- Tern sp.
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Black-necked Stilt
- Common Yellowthroat
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Carolina Chickadee
- White-eyed Vireo
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Turkey Vulture
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- Tufted Titmouse
- Carolina Wren
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Little Blue Heron
- Green Heron
- Blue-winged Teal
- Barn Swallow
- Eastern Kingbird
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Field Sparrow
