Tuesday Morning at Lane's Landing

I got to the second yellow gate at Lane's Landing at 5:10 Tuesday morning to listen for birds.  I was standing in the grass next to the truck so my feet didn't make noise on the gravel parking lot.  There was no wind; while I could hear the traffic on Maple Island Road, it wasn't a distraction.

At 5:12 I heard a Great Horned Owl calling.  It continued to call off and on until about 6:10.

At 5:18 an Eastern Screech Owl started calling.  It was doing the "monotonic trill".  It only called about six times.

At 5:25 some Canada Geese started calling.  A Pied-billed Grebe also called.

At 5:35 an American Bittern started calling.  It called off and on until about 6:15.

At 5:45 a Wilson's Snipe started making its "winnowing flight display" sound.

At 5:52 some Morning Doves started calling.

At 5:55 the Sandhill Cranes started.

At 5:59 I started hearing the Red-winged Blackbirds.  At this time the Eastern Screech Owl started calling again using the monotonic trill.

At 6:01 a Wood Duck called.

At 6:06 an American Crow called.

At 6:11 the Northern Cardinals started.

At 6:22 it was light enough to start looking for birds.  I birded until 8:41 and had 33 species.  One of the good ones was a Trumpeter Swan.

- Charlie DeWitt