Rock Pigeon at Rotary Park on 5-19-2012
This morning, David Vander Pluym and I decided to lake watch and check for passerine migrants from the North end viewpoint (aka Cape Havasu) on Lake Havasu. We also stopped by Rotary Park to check for shorebirds and passerine migrants as well. Migration did not look superb last night on the radar, but we ended up seeing decent numbers of a few species including Yellow Warblers, Wilson’s Warblers, and Warbling Vireos. Other migrants observed included one Western Wood-Pewee, two Lazuli Buntings, and two Townsend’s Warblers. Noteworthy waterbirds from the morning include three Franklin’s Gulls, eight Red-breasted Mergansers, three Bufflheads, and 260 Eared Grebes.
Here are links to the checklists from the morning:
North end viewpoint-AZ
North end viewpoint-CA
Rotary Park
Migrants were not cooperating for photos this morning, so I decided to share one of the most common birds seen at Rotary Park, the Rock Pigeon.