Furnace Creek Bird List


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Posted by Steve on August 08, 2002 at 00:18:43:

just returned from ther sewage pond at furnace creek with following report:
arrived on site at 05:30 weather clear and mild temp 88 degrees
1st bird spotted, female redbreasted merganser on south end of southen most spit. she did not move from that location for the entire 2hrs i was on on site.sighted following birds:
many western sandpipers
many least sandpipers
many spotted sandpipers
black phoebe
many coots
many killdeer
pied-billed grebe
app. 30 black terns
app 75 common nighthawks
lesser nighthawk
willet
many northern rough winged swallows
many violet green swallows
app 25 whitefaced ibis
semipalmated plover( one legged!)
american avocet
redwinged blackbird
yellowheaded blackbird-female
great-tailed grackle
tree swallow
greater yellow legs
mourning dove
turkey vulture
red-tailed hawk
common raven
western kingbird
an all together nice summer morning of birding.


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