Prescott Peninsula

Song Sparrow, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

Red eyed Vireo, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

Red Squirrel, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

Tree Swallow, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

Moose, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

Moose, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

Hooded Merganser, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

Red winged Blackbird, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

Hooded Merganser juvenile, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

Magnolia Warbler, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

Marsh at dawn, Prescott Peninsula, June 21, 2014

I spent a few hours this morning conducting grassland bird surveys on the Prescott Peninsula starting about 5:45 and ending around 9:15. Lots of highlights including a calling Red Crossbill down near the old observatory area and a great count of at least ten Black billed Cuckoos among many other species. I have included the list for the day below. Non birding highlights included a Moose feeding on the far side of the largest pond on the peninsula.

 

Wood Duck  1          female
Mallard  1    female
Hooded Merganser  4   two adults, two young
Great Blue Heron  1
Mourning Dove  4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Black-billed Cuckoo  10     High count. Minimum.  Had two at a time at a few different locations
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  12
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  5
Eastern Wood-Pewee  6
Alder Flycatcher  2
Least Flycatcher  21     Minimum
Eastern Phoebe  4
Great Crested Flycatcher  5
Eastern Kingbird  5
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  61     Minimum
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  2
Tree Swallow  14
Barn Swallow  1     Unusual here, feeding over largest pond near middle of peninsula
Black-capped Chickadee  12
Tufted Titmouse  5
Red-breasted Nuthatch  5
Brown Creeper  2
Winter Wren  1
Veery  17
Hermit Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  16     Minimum
American Robin  13
Gray Catbird  31
Cedar Waxwing  21
Ovenbird  30     Minimum
Black-and-white Warbler  7
Common Yellowthroat  39     Minimum
American Redstart  35     Minimum
Magnolia Warbler  6
Blackburnian Warbler  8
Yellow Warbler  9
Chestnut-sided Warbler  23     Minimum
Black-throated Blue Warbler  7
Pine Warbler  11
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Prairie Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  7
Eastern Towhee  22     Minimum
Chipping Sparrow  21
Song Sparrow  10
Swamp Sparrow  2
Scarlet Tanager  9
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4
Indigo Bunting  6     Minimum
Red-winged Blackbird  11
Common Grackle  7
Brown-headed Cowbird  7
Baltimore Oriole  6
Purple Finch  4
Red Crossbill  1     Unusual, have bred in area before.  Heard distantly.  Attempted recording with camera but too distant.  May have been more than one.
American Goldfinch  5