4/3/17 Monday, 8:30 to 2:30Pat Pollock Pinetum became very active 2nd time around: 3 Pine Warblers (north edge of circle, very high up) in pine treesYellow-bellied Sapsuckers in (Turkey Elms?)Many Song SparowsMany PhoebesGolden-Crowned KingletsJuncosWhite-br-Nuthatchesat Reservoir: return of pair of Hooded Mergansers - West sidNo. Shovelers with a nearby duck @ edge of Res. diving down into mud making ithard to clarify some markings: rusty back, head darker & muddy, bill wide but not a Shoveler's bill, also very muddy - must be a Green-w-Tealheavy fog kept me from checking this morning. The bill was larger than gr-w-teal, and all rusty back might suggest a hybrid of GWT., tail faned out, not turned up as a Shovelers; flecks on breastAlong woodchip path 2 Hermit Thrushes
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