I arrived at 8:15. As I started to cross the spillway to the WMA, I heard shot guns. I figured that the deer hunters were probably on the far side where I had seen many deer before. Shortly I met two and then three more duck hunters. After the first two, I decided that today might not be the best day for Bell Slough and turned back. I left the area at 9:30.
Species seen or heard:
• American Coot
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• European Starling
• Northern Flicker
• American Crow
• Belted Kingfisher
• Northern Mockingbird
• Carolina Wren
• Ring-necked Duck
• Common Goldeneye
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Ring-billed Gull
• Carolina Chickadee
• White-throated Sparrow
• Blue Jay
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Tufted Titmouse
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Song Sparrow
• American Goldfinch
• Brown Creeper
• Northern Cardinal
• Fox Sparrow
• Bufflehead
• Bonaparte’s Gull
• Eastern Towhee
