It is May 3 and Stuart Lake is still covered in ice. I scanned the open area at the mouth of the river for birds yesterday. There is an amazing amount of birds in the open water.500+ Western Grebes, 100+ Red-necked Grebe, 25 Common Loon, several hundred Northern Pintails and many others that were lost in the crowd.
The area around home has White-crown Sparrows everywhere, several hundred in the area. They will be around for a couple of weeks then leave for the northern nesting areas. The spring birds are slowly arriving, we had our first and so far only Rufous Hummingbird arrive on Thursday. I hope it is a good year for them, we have had up to 250 coming to our feeders in past years.
Where is that? Parrens?
ReplyDeleteyes it is Paarens Beach
ReplyDeleteOur ice disappeared completely about 3 days after you left here. The water rose about three feet in three days. All the paths and wooden walks are flooded.
ReplyDeleteI would love some ice down here in FL right about now. We topped out at 91+ yesterday and are in the middle of a severe drought.
ReplyDelete250 humming birds visited you last year. Wow!