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I decided to start 2009 with a trip to Two Rivers Park. It was clear, sunny, and cold this morning so I wait until 9 to get started hoping the birds felt the same way. Luckily there was little or no wind. As I often do, I walk northish along the backwater and then into the grassy field on the north side of the main trail and then to the horse trail. Before long I found that flooded and frozen for that matter. I decided I didn’t want it that bad and turned around. I left the park after 2 hours with a decent start on the new year.

Species seen or heard:
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Northern Mockingbird
• Canada Goose
• Mourning Dove
• Killdeer
• Carolina Wren
• Blue Jay
• American Crow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Mallard
• American Robin
• Northern Flicker
• Northern Cardinal
• Carolina Chickadee
• Pine Warbler
• Fox Sparrow
• Lincoln’s Sparrow
• American Coot
• Tufted Titmouse
• Pileated Woodpecker
• American Kestrel
• Chipping Sparrow
• Savannah Sparrow
• Loggerhead Shrike
• Turkey Vulture
• Lesser Scaup
• Eastern Bluebird
• Ring-billed Gull
• Song Sparrow
• European Starling

Samantha and I joined ASCA for a field trip today. We visited Lake Dardanelle and Holla Bend for a fun-filled and sun-filled day. Samantha picked up 5 life birds, marked below with asterisks.

I arrived at 8:45 Sunday morning. The temperature was just over freezing. I started at the backwater, walked along the river’s edge until I got to Pfeifer’s Loop then walked along it until met Isabella Jo Trail and then followed that back to the river then Lake Campbell trail back to IJT to my car. I thought this path would maximize my habitats and birds.

Species seen or heard:
• Bonaparte’s Gull
• Ring-billed Gull
• Northern Mockingbird
• Great Blue Heron
• Northern Flicker
• Blue Jay
• Bufflehead
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Killdeer
• Greater Scaup
• Ring-necked Duck
• Canada Goose
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Carolina Wren
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Northern Shoveler
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Double-crested Cormorant
• American Crow
• European Starling
• Tufted Titmouse
• Carolina Chickadee
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Eastern Bluebird
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Belted Kingfisher
• Downy Woodpecker
• Turkey Vulture
• Northern Cardinal
• White-throated Sparrow