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Hi all
I haven't posted in a while for various reasons,
mostly lack of time. Today, Jill, Kirsten and I went to Tony Grove Lake
for Jill and I to bird and for Kirsten, our granddaughter, to frolic, which she
does as well as any other 5 year old.
This was our third attempt to bird at Tony
Grove. The other two times the road was closed due to snow blocking the
road. Anyway, we made it today, and it was well worth the wait.
We saw about 23 species in the time we were there,
with the highlights being a male MacGillivray's warbler and a male Red-naped
Sapsucker. Both might not be "special" birds, but both were only the
second sightings of each for me. The MacGillivray's was a lifer for
Jill.
My first MacGillivray's was an immature male I had
during migration last September while we were still in San Antonio. Our
first Red-naped Sapsucker was seen by us when we were birding with Eric Brierly
and Sheridan Coffee of the San Antonio Audubon Society last December in the
Davis Mountains in Texas. Those were good findings, but I think that these
were both more special because we found them ourselves.
We've both finally broken 400 for our life
lists. Jill is up to 409 and I am at 403. Her 400th was a Ruffed
Grouse, which we heard in Green Canyon on the 19th of May. My 400th was a
Plumbeous Vireo, which we saw on the 6th of June, also at Green Canyon. We
were camping there, and shortly after I wandered off, and found my first
Virginia's Warbler. Jill didn't see it, so we went back there on the 21st,
and on the next day, we were able to find Jill her first Virginia's
Warbler.
Good birding,
Richard
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