Belted Kingfisher
I got a late start this morning, but still ended up with 25 avian species.
Belted Kingfisher
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Goldfinch
White-throated Sparrow
House Sparrows
I've seen very few ducks in Old Trail this autumn, so I thought I'd go over to Lickinghole Creek and Basin to look for waterfowl and to see if the Bald Eagles had returned. The good think about winter birding at the basin is that most of the vegetation along the shore is gone, so there are good views of the water. But the bad news is that the public path is on the west (and then north) side of the basin, and that means winter birding in the morning is looking into the low winter sun. There weren't any ducks in the basin, and not even a single Canada Goose, but there were a few Killdeers and five Wilson's Snipes.
Wilson's Snipes
Wilson's Snipe
Killdeer
Killdeers
A Bald Eagle was at the nest. I hope that it has a mate!
Bald Eagle
There were two Winter Wrens near the wooden blind close to where I was watching the Bald Eagle, although being behind the blind isn't necessary, as the eagle nest is on the other side of the basin. The Winter Wrens were playing hide and seek with me, and I only got a few photos of one of them.
Winter Wren
I hiked around to the north side of the basin, and saw another Winter Wren, and this one was very cooperative.
Winter Wren
Winter Wren
Winter Wren
Winter Wren
Winter Wren
Winter Wren
Winter Wren
I ended up with 24 avian species at Lickinghole Creek and Basin.
Carolina Wren
Northern Cardinal
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
I wasn't far from Beaver Creek Reservoir, so I headed over there and added Canada Geese and a Red-bellied Woodpecker to my day list, given me 26 avian species for the morning. When I added in 6 more species I had seen in Old Trail the day before, my two-day list totaled 32 avian species.
Two day list:
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Belted Kingfisher
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-shouldered Hawk
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Mockingbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Canada Goose
Red-bellied Woodpecker
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Field Sparrow
House Sparrow
Eastern Bluebird
Black Vulture