It started off partly cloudy, cool, and calm on the bird survey today; turning warm and a little windy by noon. 47 species were found. Gallinules are almost all gone. Whistling Duck numbers are dropping as they are apparently starting to leave for the gulf coast. My guess is that our birds travel the Red River south to the New Orleans area where huge numbers are reported to winter. A Gray Catbird was late (but sometimes they winter here.) and a couple calling King Rails was a surprise as habitat for them is very limited now with the drought we are having. But we have received about 0.8 inches of rain this week so maybe things are picking up rain-wise. A flock of siskins was a surprise too as we seldom see these in our bottomland habitat. Here is my list for today:
