Fraker Farm Miscellany; Woodford Co; 11/16/09

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Greetings, everyone --

 

Well I guess this is what I get for complaining about great weather and birding doldrums. So as punishment, I went out into this blustery spitting mess for about three hours today from 1:15 to 4:30pm.

 

 The best activity was early on in the North Oak Timber. I had a couple of Red-heads flying about with one of them annoyingly (and amusingly) chasing some Titmice that had moved in. I also had a tree top Golden-crowned Kinglet flock that became very quiet when a Northern Shrike flew in and landed in the top of one of the oaks. This bird sat there, looking around in the high winds, tail flipping around, then flew off to the north.

 

Soon after, I found an adult Bald Eagle soaring over The Pond. I did not locate any Long-eared Owls at The Pond today.

 

Other than some Fox Sparrows, the Denman Creek area was pretty quiet. By the time I was returning to the north side of the Farm, winds had really picked up and I was getting blasted by a pretty good rain. I guess I'll have to enjoy the Leonid Meteor Shower inside tonight with some red grape -- just because you can't see it doesn't mean you can't enjoy it.

 

Totals are below.

 

Matt Fraker

Woodford Co

11/16/09

 

 

Location:     Fraker Farm

Observation date:     11/16/09
Number of species:     26

Ring-necked Duck     2
Bald Eagle     1
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern)     2
Mourning Dove     4
Red-headed Woodpecker     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
Downy Woodpecker     8
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Shrike     1
Blue Jay     16
American Crow     34
Black-capped Chickadee     16
Tufted Titmouse     10
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
Brown Creeper     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     7
European Starling     2
Cedar Waxwing     17
Fox Sparrow     9
Song Sparrow     1
Dark-eyed Junco     48
Northern Cardinal     5
Red-winged Blackbird     15
House Finch     1
American Goldfinch     2
House Sparrow     6