Hi Folks,
I stopped at the Flood Farm in Clinton late yesterday afternoon to look for birds feeding on the manure delta that stretches into the manure soup-pond. Although the visit seemed slow, I saw some interesting birds. Gull viewing was optimal as they had opened up a container of cow food about 50 feet from a convenient viewing location.
Cool artificial ecosystem.
300-350 Horned larks in one flock (conservative; probably nearly 500
~75 Snow buntings in a second flock, both flocks in the corn fields
1 Merlin
3 Iceland gulls - 1st winter birds (2 light birds and 1darker bird)
2 Glaucous gulls - 1st winter birds (one was slightly darker than the other)
1 Lesser black-backed gull - 1st winter bird; direct comparison with 1st winter herring gulls on either side of the bird while they sat on a roof
3 Great black-backed gulls - 1st winter
17 Ring billed gulls - 3 1st winter birds; remainder 2nd winter birds and adults
50-60 Herring gulls - 80% 1st winter birds, mostly fairly dark
1 Peregrine falcon
3 Pectoral sandpipers - juveniles; huddled under a small fecal cliff along the edge of the pond
1 Common raven
~ 500 American crows, mostly in Benton about a half mile before Flood Farm
Waterville crow roost was not visible on the way home.
1 House cat
Beware of visiting the site in the rain.
Good birding,
Norm Famous
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