—–Original Message—– Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 21:17
NVBIRDS; great spot (my first visit), great walk, great weather, and I really wish I’d started here at dawn instead of farther N in the valley. Two flocks of White Pelicans overhead were evidently early. Mountain Bluebirds not on eBird checklist for the site (but 30 others seen earlier in Logandale and Warm Springs). Violet-greens also marginally early? Van Remsen.
Full list below:
Overton WMA, Clark, US-NV Feb 20, 2012 10:20 AM – 1:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.8 mile(s) Comments: walked from main parklng lot east to fields and ponds (flooded impoundments). Mostly sunny, calm, ca. 55-60. Great area with mix of desert washes, fields planted for waterfowl, flooded impoundments borders by brushy ditches. Landbirds seemed scarce but this was at mid day. 50 species
Ross’s Goose 6 Canada Goose 15 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 40 Mallard 360 Cinnamon Teal 17 Northern Shoveler 130 Northern Pintail 65 Green-winged Teal 159 Ruddy Duck 2 Gambel’s Quail 10 American White Pelican 59 fly-overs; flocks of 24 and 35 Great Blue Heron 5 including 4 birds standing at nests Turkey Vulture 7 Northern Harrier 4 Red-tailed Hawk 6 American Coot 470 Killdeer 1 Wilson’s Snipe 3 Ring-billed Gull 30 Greater Roadrunner 2 White-throated Swift 320 counted by 10s; huge feeding flock Northern Flicker 1 Say’s Phoebe 18 Vermilion Flycatcher 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Common Raven 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Tree Swallow 20 Violet-green Swallow 4 careful study, feeding low; green back, eye encircled in white, white rump patches Verdin 1 Marsh Wren 8 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 Mountain Bluebird 5 Northern Mockingbird 8 Sage Thrasher 1 seen at 30 ft; mockingbird-sized, heavily striped below, white tail corners, etc. Crissal Thrasher 3 American Pipit 260 counted by 10s in flight; one flock had 220 birds Phainopepla 9 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 16 Abert’s Towhee 16 Savannah Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 11 Lincoln’s Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow 60 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Western Meadowlark 5 American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) ***************************** Dr. J. V. Remsen Prof. of Natural Science and Curator of Birds Museum of Natural Science/Dept. Biological Sciences LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 najames
