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Wild Birds Have Their Day at Echo Park Lake

The Great Backyard Bird Count brought birders to Echo Park Sunday morning to contribute to the national project.

A small group circled Echo Park Lake Sunday morning--eyes skyward, books and binoculars in hand. They were looking for wild birds, the rarer the better, as part of the Audbon Society's 15th Great Backyard Bird Count

The team, led by Judy Raskin, counted 27 different species by the lake. American coots topped the list, with over 300 in appearance.  Also popular were rock pigeons and Western gulls.

Two different types of herons, as well as one red-tailed hawk and six yellow-rumped warbler were also on the list.

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The data will be sent to Audubon to create a national snapshot of where birds are right now all over the country.

A complete count from the Echo Park team follows:

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American coots     300

Rock pigeons        220

Mallards                 33

Ruddy ducks          43

Canada geese       23

House sparrow      36

Black-crowned night heron    4

American wigeon    8

Pied billed grebe    2

Great-tailed grackle    9

Brewer's blackbird    7

White throated swifts    36

House finch                5

Yellow rumped warbler    6

Northern mockingbird    1

Bushtits                        5

Vaux' swifts                  5

Black phoebe            3

Anna's hummingbird    2

Great blue heron        7

Ring-necked duck     16

Caifornia gull                1

Ross's goose                 1

Yellow chevroned parakeets    5

Double-crested cormorants    4

Red-tailed hawk              1

Western gulls                53

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