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
