05-06-14 Bird Field Note

05-06-14 Bird Field Note

May 6, 2014

Kate Stone's Bird Field Note shows a nesting Long-eared Owl, a fledged Clark's Nutcracker, and a resident Golden Eagle.

Download (135.76 KB)

Kate Stone Bird Field Note 5/2/2014

A new Long-eared Owl nests in a stick nest used in 2010. We now have three nests and two suspected breeding areas. We will do a last round of night surveys in the next week.

American Robins help in the fight against tent caterpillars in the treated grasslands.

Robin flocks continue to make up a large proportion of spring migrants in the draws.

House Wrens returned in abundance.

abundance. We also saw numerous Yellow-rumped and Orange-crowned Warblers, as well as a handful of Nashville Warblers.

Black-billed Magpies nest early and lay large clutches.

Common Ravens nest in this mistletoe clump near West Baldy Ridge.

Instead of pairs of curlews, I started to see lone curlews, which suggests incubation. Both males and females incubate.

The Clark’s Nutcracker baby fledged this week.

Adam Shreading reported more than 40 American Avocets on the floodplain. I searched for them but only saw this Green-winged Teal.

Nesting Killdeer make quiet approaches to the floodplain impossible.

Most Bald Eagle nests hatched in the past week. I still can’t see the young in the nest across the river. High water may prevent observation in the next few weeks.