Location: Caesar Creek
Date: Saturday, December 30, 2017
Reporter: Paul Carlson
Other Observers:
Hiked trail along lake from Wellman Meadows. A cold hike in the wind today.
1 adult Bald Eagle, 2 Cooper’s Hawk, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 GBH, 1 Mallard Duck, 3 Ring-billed Gulls
several YR Warblers, 2 GC Kinglets, 5 Goldfinch
1 Brown Creeper, 14 Flickers, Downy and Pileated Woodpecker
1 Crow, 2 Black-capped Chickadees, 1 WB Nuthatch, 1 Bluejay,
4 Cardinals
4 guys riding fat tire mountain bikes on the hiking trails.
1 guy wearing camouflage in a boat with several Mallard decoys floating nearby.
Driving home a large contingent of Starlings flew low over my car at 75 mph and ruined my fresh clear coat from Mikes!