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Down at their Hoback Nation feeder, Ron, Jen and Kai Gessler have numerous evening grosbeak, green-tailed towhee, hairy woodpeckers, the usual chickadees, house finches and siskins. A pair of western
ibis, a pair of
killdeer and several
blue-winged and green-winged teal. A northern harrier dived on the teal but did not make a catch. A burst of
swallows: tree, barn and violet green on the wing over water. Deb also heard
curlews.
chorus frogs are calling vigorously. In Buffalo Valley superb evening concerts of chorus frogs,
snipe winnowing and
Canada geese providing commentary.
Fifty seems to be the magic number of species at the South Park Wildlife Habitat Management Area this week. Tim Griffith explored the area four times and hit either 50 or 51 species each time. The highlight was finding a large flock of 89