Hi again! This is the second part of a series of posts documenting my birdathon experience. This post will have plenty of photos and little writing as I'm throwing these posts together the day before we depart to Europe.
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Once we finished driving around the loop of Birds Hill Park, we headed to Oak Hammock Marsh. We stopped at the Lockport dam and added a few more species to the ever growing list, such as these pelicans.
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| American White Pelican |
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| American White Pelican (photo by Matthew) |
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| American White Pelican (photo by Matthew) |
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| Ring-billed Gull |
At Oak Hammock we quickly saw numerous species of waterfowl. The pond close to the entrance of the interpretive center was full of bird life. Blue-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Northern Shoveler, Canvasback, American Avecot, Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow are some that we saw there.
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| Marbled Godwit |
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| Blue-winged Teal |
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| American Avecot |
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| American Avecot (photo by Matthew) |
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| Yellow-headed Blackbird (photo by Matthew) |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs (photo by Matthew) |
More species we added around Oak hammock were Brewer’s Blackbird, Western Grebe, Marsh Sparrow, American coot, Gadwall, Palm Warbler...
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