White-throated Swift
Aeronautes saxatalis
- 5/14: Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx. A few swifts were zooming around near the lake and over the parking area. This was the first time I’d managed to get even half-way decent photos.
Off the Edge of the Map
White-throated Swift
Aeronautes saxatalis
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
5/14: Desert Studies Center. Saw this lone sandpiper on the fountain in the middle of the Zzyzx lake, performing the customary tail-bobbing activity.
Continue reading “2011 Species Accounts: Birds”Cooper’s Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
January 2: South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Sanctuary, Indiana
I participated in a South Bend Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count, in and near the Audubon Sanctuary in Mishawaka. My favorite birds of the day were several beautiful Cedar Waxwing in a berry-producing tree in one of the neighborhoods we birded. Gorgeous!
Continue reading “1994 Field Journal”Clark’s Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii transitionalis
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
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