Ruby-crowned Kinglet
It was cold under mostly bright skies when I arrived at the trail around 9:15 this morning. There was a slight breeze, and most of the area still had a thin layer of snow; however, most of the snow on the walking areas of the trail had melted away. Some sections of the trail had no birds, while other places had lots of birds. Seemed like the birds were more common where there was direct sunlight on them.
By 10:30 clouds had covered the sky, and the breeze had gotten quite windy making the chill more than I wanted to put up with, so I headed back to my car at the main kiosk, disappointed that I was 1 species shy of my 20 species target. But no matter, when I got to my car, I saw a Red-shouldered Hawk in the sky far away at the west end of the upstream trail, and it circled and then did a fly-by to make my 20th species for the morning.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Male and female Red-bellied Woodpeckers
Female Red-bellied Woodpecker
Female Pileated Woodpecker
Female Northern Cardinal
Female Belted Kingfisher
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
This morning's list (20 species):
Northern Mockingbird Northern Cardinal American Crow Rock Pigeon | White-throated Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Ruby-crowned Kinglet House Finch Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Pileated Woodpecker Flicker Red-bellied Woodpecker Belted Kingfisher |