I made two excursions yesterday, one to Bald Knob NWR and another to Sheppard Island Park in Pine Bluff chasing the Swallow-tailed Kites so I decided to stay close to home today and just bird Two Rivers Park. It was a good choice because I got a life bird (Alder Flycatcher) and would have had another if I hadn’t seen the Swallow-tailed Kite the day before. I did get a much better view of the kite today so no complaints there. I saw the STKI soaring with a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk and a juvenile Mississippi Kite.
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Species seen or heard:
- Canada Goose
- Northern Bobwhite
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Mississippi Kite
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Killdeer
- Mourning Dove
- Downy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Alder Flycatcher
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Eastern Kingbird
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- White-eyed Vireo
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Carolina Wren
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Eastern Bluebird
- American Robin
- Northern Mockingbird
- Northern Cardinal
- Indigo Bunting
- Common Grackle
- Orchard Oriole
- House Finch
- House Sparrow