Sam & I joined ASCA for a morning at Cook’s Landing next to the Arkansas River in West NLR. We started at 8:30, walked along parts the Isabella Jo, Pfeifer Loop, Northshore, and River Trails covering about four miles in four hours. The weather was nice with temperatures in the 50s and more Sun than not. Rain was in the forecast but that was hours away. ASCA had good turnout, maybe 30 people at the start. We didn’t see anything out of the ordinary bt I did get first of year Purple Martins and Tree Swallow.
Species seen or heard:
- Canada Goose
- Mallard
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Blue Jay
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Northern Mockingbird
- Fish Crow
- European Starling
- American Crow
- Ring-billed Gull
- American Robin
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Tufted Titmouse
- Common Grackle
- American Goldfinch
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Wood Duck
- Downy Woodpecker
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Great Blue Heron
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Eastern Bluebird
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Belted Kingfisher
- Turkey Vulture
- Black Vulture
- Killdeer
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Bald Eagle
- House Sparrow
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Rock Pigeon
- Purple Martin
- Bufflehead
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Song Sparrow
- American Kestrel
- Tree Swallow
