Monday, May 18, 2009

Birding the campground

We've been here at this campground (it is a campground, NOT an rv park or resort), for a tad over 2 weeks and the birding has been good. I even got one lifer, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The coolest bird that I've seen so far was an Osprey that flew around the campground and tried his hand at fishing in one of the ponds. didn't get to see if it got anything out of the pond, but it probably did.

Speaking of the ponds here, there are 2 families of geese here. One pair has 5 goslings and the other pair have 3. They share the pond with 2 bullfrogs who like to make noise all night long.

Other birds in the campground:
Baltimore Oriole
Chipping Sparrow
Common Grackle
Robins
Mallard
Common Merganser
White-Breasted Nuthatch
American Goldfinch
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Black-capped Chickadee
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Gray Catbird
Spotted Sandpiper

Not a bad haul for sitting outside watching the water go by (see previous post for picture of said serene scene).

3 comments:

Carolyn NC said...

Hmmmm....sounds like it's peaceful!

Heldasland said...

It sounds like the perfect place,

Agatha said...

Laura, come back! Alaskan people miss you :o(