Patch e-birding on May 29th

I named the little woodlot to the east of my building "Frances Woods" - anyays...

Birded there 1pm-2pm (darn work)...

Highlights: RT Hummer, Pewee, Yellow-bellied, Alder and Willow Fly, Gnatcatcher, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Blackburnian Warb, Lincoln's Sparrows....



Then I birded Edgelake Park right after (2:15-3:15pm) -


Highlights:  ACADIAN FLY - did some calling and I had good looks...  SA-weet!

Some other cool stuff too... Complete ebird checklists for each location below. 12 new species for the "patch list" today with the addition of Semi-Sandpiper (11) flying past along the lake from my office...

Taken on the 29th at Frances Woods...  Seeing migrants along the lake, right out the door, is really freakin exciting to me... Even if it's Swainson's Thrushes... I'm just not used to it!

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Frances Woods, Hamilton, CA-ON
May 29, 2013 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
41 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 7
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 7
Herring Gull 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 5
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 6
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 30
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 4
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 30
Cedar Waxwing 35
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 12
Blackburnian Warbler 1 how is this rare?
Yellow Warbler 10
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 4
Song Sparrow 6
Lincoln's Sparrow 2 how is this rare?
Red-winged Blackbird 27
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 8

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Stoney Creek--Edgelake Park, Hamilton, CA-ON
May 29, 2013 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.2 mile(s)
41 species (+1 other taxa)

Ring-billed Gull 10
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2
Acadian Flycatcher 1 seen well, found as it gave call notes
Alder Flycatcher 1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 5
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 4
American Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 4
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
House Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 10
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 30
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 12
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 this is not rare
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 3
Wilson's Warbler 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 19
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 14
House Sparrow 10

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Cool condo fact - whenever it gets chilly, large groups of Swifts, + Barn and Cliff Swallows start swarming around the buildings... Often with P-Martins, NRW Swallows and others mixed in.. It's awesome - 

Swarming on May 28th