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Willow Lake
The best bird of the morning so far was a Bonaparte's Gull, (basic plumage} swimming on either side of the North shore boat dock ramp area, near a ring-bill. Also of interest, Yellow-headed blackbirds and a Merlin and a couple dozen nice Eared Grebes in breeding plumage.?
-- Sue Drown Prescott |
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Harris's Hawk, Lawrence:s Goldfinch
I found the hawk this morning in Watson Woods. It? was flying straight south from the lake toward the parkway bridge, straight overhead.? The Lawrence's was in the grasses about 150 yards south of the Prescott lakes parkway bridge, viewed from the trail that angles to the west towards a group of three cottonwoods . It was a nice bright male, of course it could be anywhere in those grasses now.??
-- Sue Drown Prescott |
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Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe seen today on the west edge of Willow, essentially straight out from the cottonwood peninsula to the edge of the lake. Seen at the top of the trees and also low down, bird was also singing.? I suspect this is the same bird that was seen in the late fall.
-- Sue Drown Prescott |
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Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk at Camp Verde CBC
Sorry for the late posting: I had an almost completely white Red-tailed Hawk fly over me and land high up in a cottonwood tree in my CBC territory and the edge of the circle adjacent to Jackpot Ranch on the Yavapai Apach Reservation. Sorry for the rushed quality of the pics. It bolted 3 seconds after I aimed my iPhone camera at it!
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Sightings Around Town
Today's morning outing, the annual Prescott Audubon start-the-year field trip, turned up a number of good birds. We had White-throated Sparrow along the Peavine, foraging with White-crowned Sparrows, near the power line marsh area.? In the grassy field at Watson Lake Park, grazing with 70 Canada Geese, was one Greater White- fronted Goose, and flying over Willow and landing in the water was one Snow Goose. A juvenile. Also at Willow were the three Tundra Swans and the American White Pelican.?
-- Sue Drown Prescott |
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white pelicans
There were 28 American White?Pelicans soaring over Watson Woods south of the lake this morning at about 10:30 am.? They seemed to head south. Steve Burk |
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New yard bird!
At about 11 am I stepped outside and was accosted by the alarm squawks of 4 Stellar's Jay's.? They were high in a large Ponderosa and looking down.? I walked to an area where I could view the tree, and quickly saw the object of the Jays' ire--an adult Northern Goshawk!? ? It hung around several minutes before flying southeast, perhaps not far, but beyond my view.? It seemingly flew when it saw a camera, so no photos with it.? I have a couple of cellphone photos which are marginal at best.? Here is the better of the two.? Karen O'Neil? |
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Pelican update
American White Pelican, N09, has now been in Prescott a full year.? I am attaching a photo taken this morning at Watson Lake and my first photo showing its tag on Oct. 19, 2020.? This pelican was a juvenile?in the summer of 2020?when tagged in Idaho. Steve Burk |
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Bonaparte's Gull
A Bonaparte's Gull was off of the main boat dock at Watson Lake this morning (highly zoomed photo from the Peavine Trail attached) along with a Clark's Grebe. Steve Burk |
Sue Drown
Robert Hunt
