2007

2007.06.03
Belle Isle Marsh
7:15 - 9:45 am dst
George Cummings, Soheil Zendeh
High tide: 2 pm dst
Sky: overcast
Temperature: 65°F (16°C)
Wind: e 5 - 10 (8 - 16 kph)
Visibility: good
Tide: low

Note: George and I walked about the most vegetated and upland parts of Belle Isle Park looking for resident passerines. After covering Rosie's Pond and the Rosie's Pond Trail to the Geoff Wood observation platform, we went over to the former Zoppo land on the Winthrop side.

George flushed a Northern Mockingbird off its nest near Rosie's. The nest was at eye level in a pear tree. There were 4 grey-speckled bluish eggs in it.

One Osprey was sitting quietly on the nest, showing the top of its head occasionally. The other Osprey got into a scuffle with a local gull.

Number of bird species:    33

Mallard    8
Ring-necked Pheasant    1
Double-crested Cormorant    15
Great Egret    1
Snowy Egret    1
Black-crowned Night-Heron    1
Osprey    2
Semipalmated Plover    3
Killdeer    2
Semipalmated Sandpiper    1
Willet 1
Ring-billed Gull    4
Common Tern 1
Rock Pigeon    4
Mourning Dove    3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird    1
Willow Flycatcher    3
Warbling Vireo    2
Tree Swallow    6
Barn Swallow    2
American Robin    8
Gray Catbird    3
Northern Mockingbird    3
European Starling    60
Cedar Waxwing    1
Yellow Warbler    3
Common Yellowthroat    2
Song Sparrow    2
Northern Cardinal    1
Red-winged Blackbird    20
Common Grackle    2
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch    6
House Sparrow    5