Some decent birds around La Presa yesterday morning, as it continues to battle the Water Hyacinth. On the open patches of water were plenty of ducks (particularly at the western end), including 3 Bufflehead, 1 Ring-necked Duck, 1 Lesser Scaup and good numbers of Gadwall and American Wigeon. As usual, plenty of Eared Grebes, and also 4 Least Grebes.
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| Male Bufflehead with Eared Grebe and Ruddy Duck |
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| Eared Grebe |
Even better were 9
American White Pelicans and upwards of a dozen
Neotropic Cormorants. Might well be a few fish knocking around finally.
Raptors are great at the 'far end'. Here, I had juvenile
Red-shouldered Hawk, a stonking
Peregrine and also Turkey Vultures, Red-tailed Hawks, American Kestrel and a
Cooper's Hawk.
In the scrub, 10 Curve-billed Thrashers, 9 Loggerhead Shrikes, 9 Golden-fronted Woodpeckers, 5
Blue Grosbeaks, 1 Grey Flycatcher (my first for a while). Good numbers of
Marsh Wren and
Common Yellowthroat were also found.
74 species all in all.
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| Grey Flycatcher |
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| Inca Dove |
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| Lincoln's Sparrow |
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