Delta Naturalists Society

Twelve people met at the dyke on Thursday. It was a lovely sunny day, but Tuesday’s birds had not returned. We did see a flock of Greater White-fronted Geese flying by and landing on the sand among the Canada Geese. Two Black-bellied Plovers landed near them. Other flocks of Black-bellied Plovers flew past. They were identified by their black armpits. Flocks of other shorebirds flew by in the distance, and flocks of ducks and Canada Geese came closer.

A Northern Harrier circled above. In the bushes were Yellow-rumped Warblers and other songbirds. Since there were so few birds, I photographed some grasshoppers, wasps and hoverflies.

Photos are on flickr

Brian’s ebird list
13 species & 2 other taxa
Greater White-fronted Goose 22
Canada Goose 350
American Wigeon 25
dabbling ducks 1000
Rock Pigeon 18
Black-bellied Plover 2
Killdeer 3
peeps 100
Ring-billed Gull 2
Glaucous-winged Gull 18
Great Blue Heron 25
Northern Harrier 1
American Crow 50
House Finch 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12