Bald Eagle SP 11/11/2010

Today, Nate Fronk, Alex Lamoreaux, Josh Lefever, and I birded Bald Eagle SP from 6:30 to 8:30. We did not see much out of the ordinary besides a raft of roughly 150 American Coots. By the park office, we did see two really nice male whitetail deer battling for a doe. We ended up seeing two other does and one male spike later in the morning. There were two Bald Eagles on the nest as usual. Here is a list of what was seen in the way of birds and a few photos of a Cooper's Hawk and of two whitetails to follow:

Canada Goose 3
Mallard 1
Common Merganser (North American) 2 female-type plumage
Ruddy Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Bald Eagle 2 on nest
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 142 large raft
Ring-billed Gull 2
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 6
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 10
American Robin 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 50
Cedar Waxwing 10
Song Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 10
Northern Cardinal 1
American Goldfinch 4

2 Whitetailed Deer

Adult Cooper's Hawk (BESP 11/11/2010)