It was clear, cold, and windy on the bird survey today. 61 species were found. Best bird today was a late Green Heron which flew across Pintail Lake and up to Stork Lake barely making it into some cattails with an adult Bald Eagle after him on his last few yards of flight. We still have a few Common Gallinules and fair numbers of White Ibis. The Common Gallinules often linger into January and sometimes stay the whole winter. The White Ibis lingered into January last winter so this may be a new pattern they are setting and may eventually start staying the whole winter. They seem to be finding plenty of crayfish to feed on. The cold east wind today really hampered the finding of the small land birds. Here is my list for today:
