Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Winter meets spring, at last!

This morning, a lingering "Hornemann's" Hoary Redpoll in our yard found itself in the company of flush of new arrivals.

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Some recent spring arrivals in Marathon

Canada Goose (37) - 04/12
American Black Duck (2) - 04/13
Mallard (2) - 04/12
Ring-necked Duck (11) - 04/13
Bufflehead (3) - 04/13
*Common Goldeneye (8) - 04/13
Hooded Merganser (1) -  04/11
Common Merganser (3) - 04/11
Turkey Vulture (1) - 04/11
*Bald Eagle (1) - 04/11
Northern Harrier (1) - 04/11
American Kestrel (1 + 1) 03/22, 04/12
Merlin (1) - 04/13
*Wilson's Snipe (3) - 04/13
American Woodcock (1) - 04/12
Ring-billed Gull (37) - 04/13
*Herring Gull (280) - 04/13
*Glaucous Gull (1) - 04/10
*Mourning Dove (4) - 04/13
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1) - 04/09
*Downy Woodpecker (2) - 04/13
*Hairy Woodpecker (2) - 04/13
Northern Flicker (1) - 04/11
*Pileated Woodpecker - (2) - 04/11
*American Crow (12) - 04/13
*Common Raven (46) - 04/13
*Black-capped Chickadee (2) - 04/13
*Red-breasted Nuthatch (1) - 04/13
*Brown Creeper (1) - 04/13
Winter Wren (1) - 04/13
American Robin (1) - 04/12
*European Starling (45) - 04/13
American Tree Sparrow (12) - 04/13
Fox Sparrow (2) - 04/13
Song Sparrow (5) - 04/13
*Dark-eyed Junco (65) - 04/13
*Northern Cardinal (2) - 04/12
Common Grackle (2) - 04/13

*Species present through the winter