Hello all
With this cool wave blowing thru our area & with the number of Goldfinch at my
feeders 75+ & the dozen of Pine Siskins along with 3 to 4 Purple Finch . I have
already fed up to 35 lbs of niger seed since Oct 22. These little guys are
eating machines ! Anyway I did a full tour of ponds today & I got a nice group
of waterfowl . The farm manager told me that on this past Wednesday there were
6 Tundra Swans on the pond behind the barn . Now for todays catch of the day .
All totals are from Bells Lane , McCune's , areas around Swoope , Stuarts Draft
, Lyndhurst .
Canada Goose -- 450+
Gadwall -- 21
Am. Black Duck --- 11
Mallard -- 150+
Blue - winged Teal -- 2
Green - winged Teal -- 13
Ring - necked Duck -- 29
Lesser Scaup -- 3
Hooded Merganser -- 46 -- fall peak count
Ruddy Duck -- 6
Pied - billed Grebe -- 3
Great Blue Heron -- 5
Northern Harrier -- 7 with 6 on Bells Lane one being male ( gray ghost )
Am. Coot -- 1
Barn Owl -- 8 fall peak count --- 4 in the Staunton area & 4 in the Stuarts
Draft area . All on private property
E. Screech Owl -- 1
Red Headed Woodpecker -- 1
Am. Pipit -- 50 +
Red -- winged Blackbird -- 50 +
Rusty Blackbird -- 100 +
Not a bad day of bird watching . Happy Birding to all .
Allen Larner
Staunton
