With that in mind, I went out for a short walk around my local park this afternoon. Birds were pretty scarce, probably due to the extreme cold (for this area, anyway). Usually there are a lot more gulls and waterfowl, but not this afternoon. I saw a lot more Song Sparrows than usual, as well as a big flock of Dark-eyed Juncos. Common Mergansers only showed up within the last week; I think that the relatively mild weather must have kept them farther north longer than usual.
Below is the eBird output from this afternoon's walk. The one day bird missing is a House Sparrow I saw shortly before leaving the house.
Location: | Donaldson Park | |
Observation date: | 01/01/09 | |
Number of species: | 24 | |
Canada Goose | 35 | |
American Black Duck | 1 | |
Mallard | 1 | |
Common Merganser | 3 | |
Great Blue Heron | 1 | |
Turkey Vulture | 2 | |
Ring-billed Gull | 85 | |
Herring Gull | 4 | |
Great Black-backed Gull | 3 | |
Mourning Dove | 3 | |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 2 | |
Downy Woodpecker | 2 | |
Northern Flicker | 1 | |
American Crow | 1 | |
Fish Crow | 4 | |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 | |
White-breasted Nuthatch | 1 | |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 | |
Song Sparrow | 14 | |
White-throated Sparrow | 4 | |
Dark-eyed Junco | 27 | |
Northern Cardinal | 3 | |
House Finch | 21 | |
American Goldfinch | 2 |