Wastewater Birds Sunday

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Ken Sapkowski emails:
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Glenda (Eikenberry) and I birded the Wastewater Sunday afternoon and saw the following birds:

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2 Golden Eagles
  From the road that runs along the north side of the east pond we noticed
  large birds diving into the deep ditch that parallels the north side.
  They were near the east end of the pond and at first too far away to identify.
  As we got somewhat closer they flew past us heading west and we got an
  outstanding view of both birds.

1 Red-shouldered Hawk
  North of White Rd 1/4 mile east of the observatory.  It was in the small
  oaks in front of the pines; very close to the road.  Barring across chest is a
  rich orange ... really beautiful bird.

1 Belted Kingfisher
  In the first north-south ditch you encounter driving White Rd. in from
  Maple Island

4 Snowy Owls
  First in the filtration fields south of White Rd., then 2 more near Swanson
  & Laketon on irrigation gizmos; one on each side of Swanson.  The last
  one was on Moorland.  We were on the way home at 6:15PM when it swooped
  past our windshield at eye level about 10 feet out.

1 American Kestrel
4 Bald Eagles
1 Rough-legged Hawk
2 Hawk sp. (unid.)
20 Horned Lark
40 Mallards
30 American Black Ducks
xx Canada Geese
Black-capped Chickadee, Dark-eyed Junco, American Tree Sparrow - feeders by office

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