There were 19 Pied-billed Grebes on Pierce Lake at Rock Cut SP today! Other species of note were 2 Horned Grebes from the Lion’s Club fishing pier, a few Bufflehead, several dozen Lesser Scaup, and some Ruddy Ducks.
Many Golden-crowned Kinglets were vocal. I counted 36 seen, but there were certainly more. 5 Sapsuckers were along the trail immediately below the dam. 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers were also below the dam, plus 2 Winter Wrens (1 was singing).
Heard my first Field Sparrow of the year at the Olson Lake annex.
Dan
Posted by Eddie Callaway under
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I had my first Blue-gray Gnatcatcher of the year at Blackhawk Springs today. I was a bit surprised to hear the familiar sound!
Other sightings: Winter Wren, lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets, fiesty Northern Flickers…
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House sparrows have now murdered 2 bluebirds (one last year and a male over the weekend) and a tree swallow last year. Any suggestions on control of this. I remove sparrow nests daily from all my boxes and over the weekend bought a sparrow trap. However, a female bluebird got caught in the trap- so not so sure that the trap will work. I am converting the boxes to slot openings since it seems as if the bluebirds will use the slot boxes and the sparrows do not. (Plus I heard the the slot boxes do allow the bluebirds to escape if a sparrow tries to attack them). Any other suggestions?