Mokka mit Schlag » 2009 » November

I spent a few hours in the park today, mostly just to experiment with the camera, but I still managed to tally 26 species including my first Buffleheads of the year:

• Mute Swan
• American Black Duck
• American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
• Mallard
• Northern Shoveler
• Bufflehead
• Ruddy Duck
• Great Blue Heron
• Black-crowned Night-Heron
• American Coot
• Ring-billed Gull
• Herring Gull
• Rock Pigeon
• Belted Kingfisher
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Eastern Phoebe
• American Crow
• Tufted Titmouse
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Hermit Thrush
• American Robin
• European Starling
• Chipping Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Northern Cardinal

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