Fwd: eBird Report - Spring Valley Reservoir , 5/15/09

A quick afternoon trip to Spring Valley Res. east of Moscow produced a California Gull - uncommon in the county but seemingly regular at this location at least in June and perhaps earlier in spring. Also a breeding plumage Horned Grebe and the usual suspects listed below. Syringa just on the eastern edge of Moscow failed to produce phalaropes but did have 7 species of waterfowl plus a bunch of coots (full list below). This small pair of ponds is often virtually devoid of waterbirds but at other times can be quite busy.

good bird'n!
Charles.

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Subject: eBird Report - Spring Valley Reservoir , 5/15/09
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Location:     Spring Valley Reservoir
Observation date:     5/15/09
Notes:     Quick trip to res. so Iris can nap in car. Despite time and lots of fisherfolk around lake a fair number of birds around incl. several year birds.
Number of species:     22

Canada Goose     25
Mallard     2
Northern Shoveler     2
Ruddy Duck     8
Horned Grebe     1
Great Blue Heron     2
Osprey     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Coot     11
Killdeer     1
California Gull     1
Vaux's Swift     2
Calliope Hummingbird     1
Common Raven     2
Tree Swallow     5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
American Robin     5
Yellow Warbler     1
Spotted Towhee     1
Song Sparrow     1
Red-winged Blackbird     8

Location:     Syringa Ponds
Observation date:     5/15/09
Number of species:     11

Canada Goose     2
Gadwall     1
American Wigeon     2
Mallard     1
Green-winged Teal     1
Bufflehead     3
Ruddy Duck     9
American Coot     11
Tree Swallow     2
Black-headed Grosbeak     1
Red-winged Blackbird     6

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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Charles Swift
Moscow, ID
chaetura@gmail.com