Sunday, August 17, 2008

MB trip pics and list

This is a little late, haven't been able to access the photos (they were on the other computer)... Here's the list for my trip out west, along with a few shots. Year birds in bold, new birds for Canada have a * and my one lifer is marked with ***. The list is below the pics.

Richardson's Ground Squirrel (prairie dog) at Oak Hammock Marsh

Red Fox kit at Hecla Provincial Park

Sunflower at Whitewater Lake

Whitewater Lake, east compound

Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow at Whitewater Lake

Upland Sandpiper west of Whitewater Lake

Sunset at the Farm

Snow Goose - 1
Canada Goose - 600+
Trumpeter Swan - 1
Wood Duck - 15+
Gadwall - 200+
American Wigeon - 300+
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 2000+
Blue-winged Teal - 500+
Northern Shoveler - 500+
Northern Pintail - 400+
Green-winged Teal - 200+
Canvasback - 10+
Redhead - 30+
Ring-necked Duck - 30+
Greater Scaup - 200+
Lesser Scaup - 200+
Hooded Merganser - 2
Ruddy Duck - 300+
Common Loon - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 30+
Red-necked Grebe - 50+
Eared Grebe - 200+
Western Grebe - 100+

American White Pelican - 300+
Double-crested Cormorant - 100+
Great Blue Heron - 30+
Snowy Egret - 1
Cattle Egret - 7
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 30+
White-faced Ibis - 1
Turkey Vulture - 20+
Bald Eagle - 4
Northern Harrier - 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 3
Broad-winged Hawk - 5+
Swainson's Hawk - 20+
Red-tailed Hawk - 100+
American Kestrel - 30+
Merlin - 10+
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Prairie Falcon - 1
Sora - 2
American Coot - 5000+
Sandhill Crane - 20+
American Golden-Plover - 1
Semipalmated Plover - 100+
Piping Plover* - 1
Killdeer - 200+
American Avocet - 30+
Spotted Sandpiper - 10+
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 400+
Willet - 10+
Lesser Yellowlegs - 400+
Upland Sandpiper - 40+
Hudsonian Godwit*** - 13
Marbled Godwit - 15+
Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Sanderling - 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 30+
Least Sandpiper - 200+
Baird's Sandpiper - 15+
Pectoral Sandpiper - 3
Short-billed Dowitcher - 10+
Long-billed Dowitcher - 2500+
Wilson's Snipe - 2
Wilson's Phalarope - 40+
Franklin's Gull - 5000+
Bonaparte's Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1000+
California Gull - 5+
Herring Gull - 500+
Black Tern - 200+
Common Tern - 2
Forster's Tern - 20+
Rock Pigeon - 2000+
Mourning Dove - 1000+
Common Nighthawk - 1
Chimney Swift - 50+
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 15+
Belted Kingfisher - 10+
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 50+
Hairy Woodpecker - 50+
Northern Flicker - 100+
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Willow Flycatcher - 6
Least Flycatcher - 10+
Eastern Phoebe - 20+
Great Crested Flycatcher - 10+
Western Kingbird - 100+
Eastern Kingbird - 200+
Loggerhead Shrike* - 1
Yellow-throated Vireo* - 5
Warbling Vireo - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 200+
Blue Jay - 500+
Black-billed Magpie - 10+
American Crow - 1000+
Common Raven - 500+
Horned Lark - 100+
Purple Martin - 200+
Tree Swallow - 500+
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 10+
Bank Swallow - 2000+
Cliff Swallow - 100+
Barn Swallow - 500+
Black-capped Chickadee - 100+
Boreal Chickadee - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 5+
White-breasted Nuthatch - 10+
Brown Creeper - 2
House Wren - 10+
Winter Wren - 3
Sedge Wren - 20+
Marsh Wren - 20+
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 20+
American Robin - 200+
Gray Catbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
Sprague's Pipit - 50+
Cedar Waxwing - 400+
Nashville Warbler - 3
Northern Parula - 2
Yellow Warbler - 100+
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 10+
Magnolia Warbler - 10+
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10+
Black-throated Green Warbler - 5+
Blackburnian Warbler - 4
Palm Warbler - 1
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 10+
American Redstart - 30+
Common Yellowthroat - 50+
Canada Warbler - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 100+
Clay-colored Sparrow - 10+
Vesper Sparrow - 100+
Savannah Sparrow - 500+
Le Conte's Sparrow - 5+
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow* - 2
Song Sparrow - 100+
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 30+
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 10000+
Western Meadowlark - 100+
Yellow-headed Blackbird - 2000+
Brewer's Blackbird - 5000+
Common Grackle - 5000+
Brown-headed Cowbird - 500+
Orchard Oriole - MN - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 2
Purple Finch - 30+
Red Crossbill - 20+
White-winged Crossbill - 20+
Pine Siskin - 100+
American Goldfinch - 300+
Evening Grosbeak - 10+
House Sparrow - 500+

Number of Species: 164

2 comments:

Neil Gilbert said...

Wow, beautiful shots! The NSTS is awesome! What camera equipment are you using?

David Bell said...

Thanks Neil! I use a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 for everything, with a UV filter on it.