By Stan DeOrsey
In spite of fog and dampness early, we had a great bird walk on the Papermill Trail in Lisbon. Eighteen people came and they found the birds. We had 56 species. But back to the weather, there was no rain at all, the fog lifted quickly and by 10 or 10:30 some sun came out, it even was warm.
But the birds. We started with a female Mallard being followed by 6 ducklings, and an adult Bald Eagle sitting in a tree near the parking lot. Soon after starting down the trail we found a number of Black-and-white Warblers plus one or two Palm Warblers. We had good views and were encouraged. The Spotted Sandpiper was there too. Then further along we found a Veery sitting on a low open branch just over
our heads. He stayed longer than we did but offered fabulous views. As we approached where in the past we had the Louisiana Waterthrush, we heard it singing and singing. It was on the right side of the trail, not
the river side. But we could not find it. On the way back at this same spot we hit the jackpot for warblers … Black-throated Blue, Northern Parula, Black-and-white and Yellow-rumped, all in multiple numbers, all
very close for fabulous views. And we had two Brow Creepers and likely another Veery also most cooperative. When we got back to the parking lot there was a Nashville Warbler, with more good views. I told everyone this was a normal day, but wait until next week!
Thanks to Dana for the eBird listing: https://ebird.org/checklist/S234230321
Species Number
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 11
Mourning Dove 4
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 54
American Crow 8
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 2
Northern House Wren 1
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 2
American Robin 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 5
Chipping Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 2
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 3
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Parula 10
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1