Falls Lake -- Brickhouse Road
Date: January 25, 2004
Time: 8:45-9:30 AM
Waterfowl impoundments and adjacent fields, pond on Old Oxford Road
Light snow began as we arrived, little wind, temperature in upper
20's
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| CICONIIFORMES |
| Great Blue Heron | 1 | at the edge of a small pond
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| ANSERIFORMES |
| Canada Goose | 20 | on bank of small pond
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| Mallard | 4
| flushed with other ducks |
| American Black Duck | 30
| flushed with other ducks |
| American Wigeon | 200
| flushed from impoundments |
| Green-winged Teal | 10
| flushed with other ducks |
| Ring-necked Duck | 30
| flushed from impoundments bu several pairs
allowed us to look at them briefly |
| Redhead | 1
| male on a small pond allowed close
looks in the snow |
| Hooded Merganser | 14 | including
at least 4 flushed from impoundments and later 9 females and 1
male on a small pond in the snow |
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| CHARADRIIFORMES |
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Ring-billed Gull
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100
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mostly adults, some second-winter birds, mostly around shopping centers
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| COLUMBIFORMES |
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Mourning Dove
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1
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PICIFORMES |
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Northern Flicker
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1
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| PASSERIFORMES |
| FLYCATCHER FAMILY |
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Eastern Phoebe
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1
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crossed the road
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| JAY AND CROW FAMILY |
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American Crow
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4
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scattered singles
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Blu Jay
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3
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singles
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| THRUSH FAMILY |
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American Robin
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2
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crossed the road in bottomlands
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Eastern Bluebird
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4
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in farmland
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| KINGLET FAMILY |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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2
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crossed the road
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| CARDINAL FAMILY |
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Northern Cardinal
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4
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| SPARROW FAMILY |
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Dark-eyed Junco
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50
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in several flocks along roadsides
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Song Sparrow
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3
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in bushes beside roads
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White-throated Sparrow
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50
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in bushes along roads, also good views of birds feeding in path
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