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I visited Two Rivers Park Saturday morning starting at 7:25 for about 2.5 hours.  While there I saw first of season White-crowned Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.  Also perhaps last of season Eastern-Wood Pewee and Barn Swallow.

Plus one mysterious small dark sparrow that likes to hang out on the ground below tall grass and aggravate birders by flying fifty feet and then disappearing into the base of some other tall grass.

I also noticed the Eastern Towhees are getting vocal again.

Species seen or heard:

Canada Goose
Great Blue Heron
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark

After watching the sun rise from the Big Dam Bridge, I birded the service road at the first pond on Cook’s Landing Road.   I had a pretty good turnout for this little stretch of gravel road.  I saw 32 species which included an FOS Winter Wren, an FOS Song Sparrow, an FOS Lincoln’s Sparrow, an FOS White-throated Sparrow, three Nashville Warblers, and a Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Species seen or heard:

Canada Goose
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

I got up early and went to Holla Bend NWR Saturday morning.  It was a beautiful sunny day, not too hot not too cold.  I took the usual loop clockwise around the auto tour with a stop at the old boat ramp and dam.  I had never walked out to the dam before. Its not much as dams go but it seems to keep the water in.  It wasn’t too birdy today but I did manage to get a first of year Philadelphia Vireo.  They’ve got a number of new signs up, assigning names to areas I didn’t know had names.

Species seen or heard:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Philadelphia Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Sedge Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird