Adventures in Birding

#67 and 68

I visited two "new" hotspots this week: West Penn Township Park East (a little playground area with a large field and pavilion that I've never visited before) and Sweet Arrow Lake (which I have visited, but not yet this year). I didn't see anything new at either of those places, but it's always nice to check out new spots.

Yesterday I went to Landingville Dam again and saw four #67, Green-winged Teals, flying away from me. I didn't get to see them clearly in the water, but their sound identified them. They don't sound like ducks at all! I saw one other unidentified water bird with them, but I don't know for sure what it was. I suspect it was a Common Goldeneye because its wings whistled as it flew away, but it seemed much darker than the photos I've seen, but I also only saw it as it flew away, so I can't be sure.

While I was there, I also saw two #68, Fish Crows, harassing This Common Raven   (not a great photo, but Ravens are so cool!). There are a few birds that will stop me in my tracks and I just have to watch and admire them. Ravens are one. Bald Eagles are another. It's so hard to choose a favorite bird when I love so many of them!

The second nor'easter fizzled out and we only got a few inches of snow. Last night we got some more snow that I don't think was even predicted... At least I wasn't seeing any storm alerts! Last year, when we had a March storm, I had some Brown-headed Cowbirds at my feeder, so I'm keeping an eye out for those!