Results of the Bates-to-Riverside Cemetery Birdwalk III, Tuesday May 7, 2019, 6:00-8:30 AM. 47 Degrees, clear and becoming cloudy.
Observers: Dick Bevins, Carol & John Dilley, Joline Gruz, Alexis Hudes, Dana Little, Judy Marden (Leader & Recorder), Steve Reed (Leader), Ben Schmandt, Linda Sommer, Una Tuck, Ben Wilson.
The bird of the day was…a fox! Actually, 4: a mother and 3 kits tumbling and tussling at the edge of the woods below the Libbey Mausoleum.
Species seen and/or heard:
1. Mallard
2. Red-breasted Merganser3
3. Spotted Sandpiper
4. Rock Pigeon
5. Mourning Dove
6. Chimney Swift
7. Northern Flicker
8. Eastern Phoebe
9. Blue-headed Vireo
10. Blue Jay
11. American Crow
12. Black-capped Chickadee
13. Tufted Titmouse
14. White-breasted Nuthatch
15, Ruby-crowned Kinglet
16. American Robin
17. Gray Catbird
18. Northern Mockingbird
19. Ovenbird
20. Black-and-White Warbler
21. Common Yellowthroat
22. American Redstart
23. Yellow Warbler
24. Pine Warbler
25. Yellow-rumped Warbler
26. Black-throated Green Warbler
27. Chipping Sparrow
28. Song Sparrow
29. White-throated Sparrow
30. Northern Cardinal
31. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
32. Red-winged Blackbird
33. Common Grackle
34. House Finch
35. American Goldfinch
36. House Sparrow