Sunday, October 27, 2024

Melchor Tract Park Again ~ October 27, 2024

I had been spending many mornings at the Melchor Tract Park since the habitat is favorable for finding something like a Dickcissel or a Clay-colored Sparrow, birds I hadn't seen yet this year. Sparrows continued to be present in good numbers. I counted 23 Savannah, 18 Song, 5 White-throated, 3 Field, 3 Chipping, and 2 Swamp Sparrows, plus 4 Dark-eyed Juncos. Five Palm Warblers and a Purple Finch were also found. A Merlin zipped over the field to the west of the park and sent up at least 60 American Pipits. I got some pretty poor photos of a few of them as they flew around or kept partly hidden in the grass.

The treeline on the east edge of the park produced 13 Eastern Bluebirds, 14 American Robins, 33 Red-winged Blackbirds, and 23 Cedar Waxwings.

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