For you birders here is our list for today, March 31st

Here is our bird count for Venice, LA on the delta freshwater marsh just a few miles from the open Gulf of Mexico. 58 different birds observed and over 800 individuals actually observed but there were well over1000 birds in the area that were not countable. If you are curious about what any of these look like, just google photos of and then fill in the name of the bird and you will get a perfect picture:
Anhinga 61
Gull Billed Tern 1
Morning Dove 5
Northern Harrier Hawk 1
 Savannah Sparrow 2
Loggerhead Shriek 1
Yellow rumped Warbler 3
Black Ducks 2
Laughing Gulls TMC Too Many to Count counted 130
Tricolor Heron 11
Boat Tailed Grackle  74
Glossy Ibis 48
White Ibis   32
Double crested Comorant 18
Osprey (Fish Hawk) 19
Snowy Egret 35
Willette  27
Forstor Tern 9
Ringbillled Gull 8
European Starling 38
Turkey vulture  7
Purple Martin 1
American Kestrel 1
Eastern King Bird 4
Killdeer  3
Moore Hen 36
Great Egret 29  breeding plumage
American Coot 41
Chipping Sparrow 4
Brown Pelican 2
Greater Yellow Legs 3
Black Stilt 2  My favorite
Pied  Billed Grebe 12
Cardinal 1
Yellow Crowned Night Heron 45
Roseatte Spoonbill 50
Great Blue Heron 5
Cattle Egret 4
Black Bellied Whistling Duck 2
Black crowned Night Heron 31
Brewers Black Bird 5
Least Bitterns 2
Marsh Sparrow 3
Little Blue Heron 6
Tri colored black bird 1
American Crow 4
Palm Warbler 1
Bronze Cow Bird 13
Mockingbird 1
Brown Cow Bird 10
Kingfisher 1
Red Tailed Hawk 1
Green Heron 1
And a Great Horned Owl and nest 1

Birds of the Last Day

OK this is my favorite bird, Black Stilt about 12 inches tall. Next blog shows all the birds we saw in one  hour period.