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Main Details

Location Hornsby Bend (HOTE 037)
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Additional Details

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Owner Jeff Osborne

Other Participating eBirders

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  2
  • Distance:  3.2 mi

Checklist Comments

46 F at the start. NNW winds 21 mph. Gusting throughout our visit to 33+ mph. Cloudy skies. Blustery conditions but great birding. Abundant shorebirds at rest on Pond 1W flats until Peregrine Falcon momentarily disturbed them. Also huge numbers of swallows skimming Pond 2 and river as they fed; also seen flying low behind bird blind at edge of meadow and woods.

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Totals

65
Species Observed
2,924 individuals
18
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Snow Goose

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Continuing injured goose swimming on Pond 1E.

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  2. Blue-winged Teal

    Number observed:  200

  3. Cinnamon Teal

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Bright male on Pond 2

  4. Northern Shoveler

    Number observed:  450

    Media

  5. Gadwall

    Number observed:  8

  6. Green-winged Teal

    Number observed:  60

  7. Redhead

    Number observed:  30

  8. Lesser Scaup

    Number observed:  20

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  9. Ruddy Duck

    Number observed:  50

  10. White-winged Dove

    Number observed:  7

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    F Flyover (Observed)

  11. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  5

  12. Chimney Swift

    Number observed:  9

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  13. American Coot

    Number observed:  120

  14. Black-necked Stilt

    Number observed:  29

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  15. American Golden-Plover

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Seen and heard calling. In flight and resting on mudflat. Pond 1W.

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  16. Killdeer

    Number observed:  6

  17. Long-billed Dowitcher

    Number observed:  15

  18. Wilson's Snipe

    Number observed:  2

  19. Spotted Sandpiper

    Number observed:  4

  20. Lesser Yellowlegs

    Number observed:  35

    Details

    Flagged for high count. Conservative estimate. Ubiquitous on Pond 1W.

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  21. Greater Yellowlegs

    Number observed:  1

  22. Stilt Sandpiper

    Number observed:  3

    Media

  23. Sanderling

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Basic plumage—largish, very pale Calidris sandpiper with black carpal mark. Black legs, thickish black bill. Seen at rest, foraging actively, and in flight. Seen in different locations on N side of Pond 1W. Photo to follow.

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  24. Dunlin

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Seen resting with mixed flock of sandpipers on mudflat on NE side of Pond 1W. Long droopy bill. Larger and longer billed than Western Sandpipers in the area. Transitioning to breeding plumage—black belly patch in formation. Mostly frontal views, but bird occasionally moved head to side for diagnostic view of long decurved bill. Only able to capture frontal view in photo before bird took flight. Digiscoped photo to follow.

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  25. Baird's Sandpiper

    Number observed:  5

  26. Least Sandpiper

    Number observed:  400

  27. Pectoral Sandpiper

    Number observed:  45

  28. Western Sandpiper

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    Flagged for high count. Four seen together and two more nearby. Unmistakable. Transitioning to breeding plumage. Likely more because seen in additional locations on Pond 1W. Stunning birds transitioning to breeding plumage.

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  29. Semipalmated Sandpiper

    Number observed:  22

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  30. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  1

  31. Black Vulture

    Number observed:  12

  32. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  13

  33. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Mature adult soaring over the river

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  34. Red-shouldered Hawk

    Number observed:  1

  35. Swainson's Hawk

    Number observed:  1

  36. Crested Caracara (Northern)

    Number observed:  2

  37. American Kestrel

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Male on wire

  38. Peregrine Falcon

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Seen in flight. Triggered shorebird/waterfowl eruption. Caught a male Northern Shoveler on the wing.

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  39. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

    Number observed:  1

  40. White-eyed Vireo

    Number observed:  5

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  41. Yellow-throated Vireo

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Husky halting song

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  42. American Crow

    Number observed:  2

  43. Carolina Chickadee

    Number observed:  6

  44. Black-crested Titmouse

    Number observed:  1

  45. Barn Swallow

    Number observed:  600

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  46. Cliff Swallow

    Number observed:  400

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  47. Cave Swallow

    Number observed:  30

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  48. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

    Number observed:  8

  49. Northern House Wren

    Number observed:  1

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  50. Carolina Wren

    Number observed:  6

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    S Singing Bird (Possible)

  51. European Starling

    Number observed:  7

  52. Cedar Waxwing

    Number observed:  75

  53. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

  54. American Pipit

    Number observed:  4

  55. Lesser Goldfinch

    Number observed:  1

  56. White-throated Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  57. Savannah Sparrow

    Number observed:  9

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  58. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  59. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Number observed:  6

  60. Swamp Sparrow

    Number observed:  1

  61. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  100

  62. Brewer's Blackbird

    Number observed:  60

    Details

    Sheltering and feeding pondside

  63. Great-tailed Grackle

    Number observed:  2

  64. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  1

  65. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  22
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