Fortuna
Pond Kayaking
Sep 15,
2001,
98 & sunny
Suzanne
Gaytan & family, Bob Miller, & Henry
Detwiler
Suzanne and I
headed out around 6:30 to see what was out and about at Fortuna
Pond on a pleasant Sunday morning. Walking around the
pond we found migrating warblers and flycatchers. We
didn't investigate the Gila River bottoms since it was still dove
season, and the sounds of blasting shotguns filled the air with
reverberations.
|
Fortuna Pond
|
|
Suzanne
|
-
Double-crested Cormorant
-
Pied-billed Grebe
-
Killdeer
-
Mourning Dove
-
Ground Dove
-
Rock Dove
-
Greater Roadrunner
-
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
-
Anna's Hummingbird
-
Rough-winged Swallow
-
Western Wood Pewee
-
Ash-throated Flycatcher
-
Black Phoebe
-
Verdin
-
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
-
Warbling Vireo
-
Great-tailed Grackle
-
Red-winged Blackbird
-
Yellow-headed Blackbird
-
European Starling
-
House Sparrow
|
|
Fortuna Pond
|
Fortuna Pond |
We found good numbers of warbler of several
species, with Orange-crowned and Wilson's being the most numerous:
- Wilson's Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
|
|
Adriana & Bob
In the afternoon we headed back to Fortuna Pond with my inflatable
kayak as well as Bob's 15 footer. Bob gave kayaking
lessons to all the girls. Before long, Adriana was an
expert, paddling from one end of the lake to the other.
|
Adriana & Bob |
Black-headed Grosbeak |
During the afternoon we saw several additional
birds, as well as many of the species we had seen that
morning. Suzanne & I "pished" a Wilson's
Warbler to within two feet of us!
|
The inflatable kayak was much harder to keep going
in a straight line, but was still great fun!
Becky, Gaby, and Erika |
Gaby playing in the water
|
Becky & Erika in the kayak
Adriana in the water
|
