13 November 2023
Warbler migration is over and waterfowl migration has now not but reached Pittsburgh so now and then we appear to be in a birdless state. The Monongahela River at Duck Hole was once in that situation at the previous day’s Duck Hole time out — a dozen mallards and 1(!) Canada goose — however we discovered a couple of excellent birds within the thickets.
Once we arrived the sky was once brilliantly blue with some russet timber at the hillsides. Our crew of 5 was once so small that we didn’t do go-around-the-circle introductions and I forgot to take a bunch picture.
One golden-crowned and 3 ruby-crowned kinglets bopped round us as we regarded up this hill.
Easiest birds of the day had been 5 pink finches (Haemorhous purpureus) — one male and 4 women folk — that had been too some distance for {a photograph}, so right here’s one from Wikimedia. We parsed out the women folk first: Very brown stripes on chest, large white eyebrow, brown face, brown head, notched tail.
Then we noticed the lone male (once more this picture is from Wikimedia). Area finches had been close by for comparability. Right here’s easy methods to inform the adaptation –> Pink and Area.
Later a northern mockingbird got here shut for a photograph, this one by means of Charity Kheshgi.
View our tick list on-line at https://ebird.org/tick list/S154301974 and underneath.
Duck Hole, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Nov 12, 2023 8:30 AM – 10:15 AM
5 members, 25 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 1
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 12
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 3
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 3
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2
Purple-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 1
Purple-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Purple-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 5
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 4
Eu Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 8
Area Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 8
Pink Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) 5
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 5
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8
Track Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 6
(credit are within the captions)