30-4-30 Day 09 - Eastern Bluebird

30-4-30 Day 08 - Northern Flicker

30-4-30 Day 07 - Canada Goose

30-4-30 Day 06 - Grey Catbird

30-4-30 Day 05 - Mallard After Dark

So, a confession (let’s see if this gets y’all to read past the first line)…

All my life I thought the male of this species was a “mallard” (the female being a “hen”) and that they were just “ducks” or perhaps had a species name that just wasn’t commonly used. I’ve been disabused of this. The males, btw, are “drakes.”

This small flock, the permanent residents of the ponds on Springlake, were supposed to be my low hanging fruit for those days when I just couldn’t find anything else. Unfortunately, I’ve also realized that I *must* ride in the daytime to actually see birds with maybe a few exceptions like this (pigeons downtown would likely also work).

My daily plea for assistance: Since I’m trying to find and photograph 30 unique birds species in 30 days, please make suggestions for bird species that I should be looking for. If possible, include with any suggestions the best place(s) to look for them. I’m also open to ideas where to find those already on my list. 

Target Species List (a parenthetic after the name means it’s already been done and gives the day out of the 30-day sequence):

Bald eagle (01)
Red bellied woodpecker (02)
American Wigeon (03)
Common Merganser (04)
Mallard (05)
Pileated woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Red-tailed hawk
Canada goose
Snow goose
Cardinal
House sparrow
Blue heron
Green heron
Carolina chickadee
Tufted titmouse
American crow
Loon
Starling
Osprey
Turkey
Turkey vulture
Gulls (various?)
Kingfisher (various?)
Pigeon

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30-4-30 Day 05 - Mallard After Dark

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30-4-30 Day 09 - Eastern Bluebird

30-4-30 Day 08 - Northern Flicker

30-4-30 Day 07 - Canada Goose

30-4-30 Day 06 - Grey Catbird

30-4-30 Day 05 - Mallard After Dark

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