Nature Done Wright

   Rob sez: The Siskin Show continues at the CF. Some very nice looks today. Other
highlights were a singing male Purple Finch, my first Fox Sparrow of
the fall, and an up close and personal Winter Wren. Well worth getting
out in the freezing cold.
   Fred Weber saw a Blackpoll — new late date for CF.
  Click "Continue reading…" below for the full report.

Location:     The Celery Farm
Observation date:     10/20/08
Number of species:     35
Field Time: 1 hr.

Canada Goose     X
Mute Swan     4
Wood Duck     X
Gadwall     1
Mallard     X
Great Blue Heron     1
Ring-billed Gull     1
Herring Gull     1
Belted Kingfisher     2+
Downy Woodpecker     4
Hairy Woodpecker     2 (H)
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
Carolina Wren     X (H)
Winter Wren     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     X (H)
American Robin     X
Northern Mockingbird     2
Cedar Waxwing     X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     3+
Palm Warbler     1
Fox Sparrow     1
Swamp Sparrow     X
White-throated Sparrow     X
Northern Cardinal     7+
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Purple Finch     6+ incl. ad. male
House Finch     X (H)
Pine Siskin     75+  (a handful perched at close range–NN Culvert)
American Goldfinch     X
House Sparrow     X (H)