Today I set a record for myself in the number of bird species I have seen in one day and recorded. My final count was 35 I know there was more out there that I either did not recognize or that were unidentifiable to me in the brief time that I saw them.
I first stopped close to Beaver Dick Park and counted about 50 pelicans. This is the first time that I have seen them this year and the most that I have seen at anyone time before. In this same area I also saw Mallards, Northern Pintails, Canadian Geese, Trumpeter swans, and after the day was over I swung back by and counted 9 Great Blue Herons.
American White Pelican, 04-08-2011 Rexburg, ID.
Northern Harrier, 04-08-2011, Market Lake ID.
These are Redhead ducks I saw both Redhead and Canvasbacks today and the color pattern in remarkably similar. The big difference lies in their body shape and beak color and shape.
Redhead, 04-08-2011, Market Lake, ID.
These Northern Harriers were putting on quite a show for us, there was actually 3 pair that were all in the same area doing the same thing.
Northern Harrier, 04-08-2011, Market Lake, ID.
Red-tailed Hawk, 04-08-2011, Market Lake, ID.
Northern Shoveler, 04-08-2011, Market Lake, ID.
Red-breasted Merganser, 04-08-2011, Market Lake, ID.
Red-breasted Merganser, 04-08-2011, Market Lake, ID.
The American Coot was in mass numbers today with other ducks mingled in with them. It was amazing that when ever I would stop every duck beside the coot would all take off at the same time leaving only the coot. Having so many of the coots around it was easy to watch them, they are funny to watch swim and even funnier to watch as the waddle on the land. This seems to be a very awkward bird.
American Coot, 04-08-2011, Market Lake, ID.
I have seen so many sparrows and usually label them all as a house sparrow out of convenience. Recently I decided that I would start differentiating between the different sparrows and labeling them correctly. This will be quite the task considering that there is at least 20 different sparrows.
Song Sparrow, 04-08-2011, Market Lake, ID.
I was hoping to see this bird all day then as we were leaving I saw close to 25 different ones. In order to correctly identify this bird look at the name and find one that matches the description.
Yellow-headed Blackbird, 04-08-2011, Market Lake, ID.
I was quite surprised to 9 Blue herons all in the same place I have never seen more than one at a time so to see ten all at once was quite a treat.
Great Blue Heron, 04-08-2011, Rexburg, ID.
After looking over all my pictures I cant wait for spring to really be here, right now the only color in any of my pictures is due to the bird in the picture.
Sounds like you had a great day. See you later.
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