Wednesday, September 17, 2014

CONDO!!! Birding update - 13-15 Sep 2014 (Pomarine)



The albino pigeon infestation continues around my place... 



13 Sep - marine forecast said N winds at 20kts. They were WRONG!

1 Surf Scoter - FoF
4 WW Scoter
2 Greater Scaup
12 N. Pintai

2 Common Loons
1 Common-ish Tern
1 Peregrine Falcon (dark juv female)
1 Osprey
1 N. Harrier
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Bald Eagle
1 Red-tailed Hawk

1 Pomarine Jaeger !!! - first of the fall, in really freakin close to shore (as far as pom's go) - juvenile with the GOEA head pattern
1 Jaeger sp. (distant adult type beast)

1 Cliff Swallow
2 Least Flycatcher
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped W
1 Nashville W
4 Palm W

Also - Monarch's on the go!!!


Cormorants = amazing lakewatches (when in feeding frenzies) - they brought in the Pomarine! Practically to shore! 


Blue Jay - just chillin @ 150ft



14 Sep - gentle west, to gentle, to NE 15kph! Not bad...

Surf Scoter 5
White-winged Scoter 24
Long-tailed Duck 7
Common Loon 4
Horned Grebe 4
Red-necked Grebe 1
Parasitic Jaeger 1
jaeger sp. 1

Chimney Swift 2
Common Nighthawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 12
Magnolia Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2


2 Bay-B's!


Nut-sided! - This is what treetop warblers look like from above... 


Sep 15

Parasitic Jaeger - 2

--- great story with the Jaegers... West winds, after sundown - we see several hundred gulls fleeing for their lives - flying towards my building. Turns out it's 2 Parasitic Jaegers having an absolute field day on the masses of gulls that have returned to the lake to roost for the night. I've never seen anything quite like it before...


The white Pigeon is banded! I knew they were up to something... 



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