—–Original Message—– Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 13:12
The entrance to the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve is off Galleria Drive. Take the US95/I515 freeway to the Galleria exit 64B, go east and cross Boulder Highway. The Preserve entrance will be on the north side of the road, follow the driveway and signs to the parking lot and Visitors Center.
December, January and February hours will be 7 AM to 2 PM. Last entry is 30 minutes before closing.
We had fifty-four (54) species observed this week. The following birds were seen or heard by staff and visitors at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve east of Las Vegas:
Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall Mallard Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Ruddy Duck – Some males starting to get blue bills. Gambel’s Quail Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe Least Bittern Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Cooper’s Hawk (pair) Red-tailed Hawk Common Gallinule American Coot Killdeer American Avocet (1 on pond 4 2/19) Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Greater Roadrunner Anna’s Hummingbird Costa’s Hummingbird Black Phoebe Say’s Phoebe Loggerhead Shrike Common Raven Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Verdin Bewick’s Wren Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Crissal Thrasher American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) Abert’s Towhee Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle House Finch
Best in birding, Je Anne Branca
