A Solitary Sandpiper and a couple of Coopers Hawks were good to see, but bizarre moment of the morning was a large Amazona parrot seen briefly over the treetops to the east! Someone lost a pet.
Fresher feel today with winds from the southeast. Wonder what the next few days will bring...
chlorophonia
2012-08-26 08:17
Wheaton Branch Stormwater Ponds
Traveling
1.22 km
63 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: 6/8 cloud cover, SE force 3, 75 F. 2 North American Beavers.
3 Canada Goose
2 Wood Duck
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Green Heron
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
2 Cooper's Hawk
1 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Rock Pigeon
9 Mourning Dove
1 Amazona sp.
Comments: Certainly an escape. Large Amazona sp., 5-6 sec view flying over treetops. Heavy build, short rounded tail. Head appeared all green, without other patches of color. Thick pale eyering. Red patches in secondaries, like Mealy Parrot etc. Missing many primaries in both wings. Flight weak and labored.
1 Belted Kingfisher
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
3 Carolina Wren
4 American Robin
5 Gray Catbird
1 European Starling
1 Northern Cardinal
3 Common Grackle
1 Baltimore Oriole
8 American Goldfinch
15 House Sparrow
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