Two drake BLUE-WINGED TEAL arrived at the Allendale Celery Farm this morning in the fog. Interestingly 2 drakes arrived on the same date last year.
Yesterday there was a PB GREBE and ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW arrived back on 3/30.
A singing male RUSTY BLACKBIRD continues from yesterday, and a few YR WARBLERS, PHOEBES, SISKINS, and CREEPERS were about--heard the latter sing once.
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Location: The Celery Farm
Observation date: 4/2/09
Number of species: 40
Field Time: ~1 hr. 25 min.
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 4
Gadwall 6
American Black Duck 3
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal* 2 drakes--new arrival (2 males also arrived on this same date last year)
Northern Shoveler 2 (pair)
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Osprey 1 (perched along Warbler Alley and later seen fishing)
Wilson's Snipe 1 (H)
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X (H)
Downy Woodpecker X
Hairy Woodpecker 2 (H)
Eastern Phoebe 2+ (1 seen)
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 2+ Heard 1 of them sing once
Carolina Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2+
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Rusty Blackbird 1 (singing male in breeding plumage)
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
House Finch X (H)
Pine Siskin 3+ 2 seen in flight
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X (H)
