This submission was incomprehensible yesterday because most of the entries
were elided. Not sure what happened!
The most dramatic moment this weekend consisted of a sudden loud whoosh
overhead sounding like a microburst or an unmanned predator drone,
immediately followed by the frantic honking of two Canada geese that had
been relaxing on the meadow near "their" pond. A mature bald eagle was
dive-bombing them, but they fled and stayed away for several hours.
Canada goose - 9;
Bald eagle - 1;
Broadwinged hawk(?) - 1;
Mourning dove - many;
Great horned or barred owl (heard once) - 1;
Kingfisher - 1;
Red-bellied woodpecker - several;
Northern flicker (yellow-shafted) - 1;
Downy woodpecker - 1;
Eastern phoebe - several;
Blue jay - many;
Tufted titmouse - several;
Carolina chickadee - many;
White-breasted nuthatch - several;
Carolina wren - 4;
American robin - several;
Eastern towhee - 1;
White-throated sparrow(?) - many;
Song sparrow(?) - many;
Dark-eyed junco - several;
Northern cardinal - several;
Red-winged blackbird - 1;
Brown-headed cowbird - 8;
American goldfinch - several
