Showing posts with label waterfowl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label waterfowl. Show all posts
Friday, December 5, 2014
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Distracting Birds at Mattamuskeet
Some of you may be aware that I've begun a research project on "bird biogeochemistry" at Lake Mattamuskeet, a site that just happens to be a fantastic for birding.
I try to be disciplined, keep my head down, and focus on the task at hand as much as possible while out doing field work, but when I notice a Least Bittern clinging to a phragmites stalk not 50 feet away...
...well then it's time for a quick break!
In the same area I got several great looks at a King Rail (lifer #1603!) that was sharing the marsh with me for the day (though using it for much different purposes).
There were a few warblers around: Prothonotary, Yellow and some very friendly Prairies:
I was surprised to have a flock of 99 dabbling ducks (mostly Blacks with some Green-winged Teal and possibly others mixed in) assemble near my site one evening. But I suppose this is just a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of thousands that will arrive in November.
Toss in a flyby Sandhill Crane, a flock of 50 Boblinks and a couple early Sedge Wrens and I would say this lake has plenty of distracting birds!
I try to be disciplined, keep my head down, and focus on the task at hand as much as possible while out doing field work, but when I notice a Least Bittern clinging to a phragmites stalk not 50 feet away...
| Least Bittern |
| my first seen in NC |
There were a few warblers around: Prothonotary, Yellow and some very friendly Prairies:
| Prairie Warbler |
Toss in a flyby Sandhill Crane, a flock of 50 Boblinks and a couple early Sedge Wrens and I would say this lake has plenty of distracting birds!
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