This afternoon we did a little birding around Mansfield and Coventry, enjoying the golden light of the late afternoon. A little cooler than yesterday, but still a very pleasant late-November afternoon.
Today's birders: Jorge and Sue
Today's birds:
At Eagleville Dam on the Willimantic River:
Mute Swan, Cygnus olor - five juveniles and two adults, probably a family that nested here this spring
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis - several in the distance
Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos - maybe two dozen
Herring Gull, Larus argentatus - pestering the swans
Mute Swans and Herring Gull, 29-second video.
At Coventry Lake:
Black Duck, Anas rubripes - one, hanging with the Mallards
Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis
Hybrid Duck, Anas sp. - two, also with the Mallard flock
Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis
White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis
Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapilla
Tufted Titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor
Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia - a very gray individual
Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus - two, scolding from the pucker-brush
House Sparrow, Passer domesticus - staying high in the spruce trees
American Robins, Turdus migratorius - small flock passing through
American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
White-throated Sparrow eating fruit from a Bittersweet vine (Celastrus scandens).
Other birds around and about:
Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
Rock Pigeon, Columba livia
Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata
Eastern Bluebird, Sialia sialis
European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris
So, for our afternoon efforts, we counted twenty one species of birds.
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