Home Safe!

Hi - this is just a quick note to let you all know that we're home safe. I have a filthy cold and am not doing much except sleeping. As soon as I feel better I'll get on-line and post some stuff about our trip.

In the meantime, here's John's bird-list:

SPECIES SEEN From 2/15/2006 to 3/10/2006

GREBES: Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe
CORMORANTS: Double-crested Cormorant
DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE: Trumpeter Swan, Canada Goose, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, American Black Duck, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Merganser
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS: Great Blue Heron. Black-crowned Night-Heron
NEW WORLD VULTURES: Turkey Vulture
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES: Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk
FALCONS AND CARACARAS: American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon
RAILS AND COOTS: American Coot
GULLS AND TERNS: Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull
PIGEONS AND DOVES: Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove
OWLS: Eastern Screech-Owl, Barred Owl, Short-eared Owl
KINGFISHERS: Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS: Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker
CROWS AND JAYS: Blue Jay, American Crow
THRUSHES:Eastern Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, American Robin
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS: Northern Mockingbird
STARLINGS: European Starling
NUTHATCHES: Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch
CREEPERS: Brown Creeper
WRENS: Carolina Wren
KINGLETS: Golden-crowned Kinglet
CHICKADEES, TITS: Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse
LARKS: Horned Lark
OLD WORLD SPARROWS: House Sparrow
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES: American Goldfinch, House Finch
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES: Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Savannah Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Northern Cardinal
BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES: Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle

Species seen - 73