Again we had a near perfect day for a bird walk. Twelve people met at
the Packard-Littlefield Farm in Lisbon. It was not too cool, it was very
sunny, and no wind. The birds were good too. We started off with some
frustration. As we crossed the road perhaps a hundred “sparrows” flew in
small continuing flocks and disappeared into trees and bushes. They went
from sun in our eyes to being in good sun except they were hidden by
leaves and pine needles. These were the sparrows in the list below. But
we also had hawks, a good variety, again see the list. However the
hi-light was a male Northern Harrier which made pass after pass low over
the fields. An Eastern Towhee and Brown Creeper were other special
sightings.
We especially want to thank Joe and Sue Daley for allowing us to walk
throughout their farm.
We had 36 species seen and heard (H):
Mallard – fly over
Mourning Dove
Herring Gull
Turkey Vulture – 1 low
Northern Harrier – 1, maybe 2; low seen well by all
Cooper’s Hawk – 2 overhead
Bald Eagle – 3 seen twice
Red-tailed Hawk – 2
American Kestrel – sat in tree then moved to another tree
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven – 1
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse – 2
Brown Creeper – 1 seen briefly
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 4
Eastern Bluebird – 6, likely more
American Robin – 20+ overhead
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird – 1 seen well sitting in a tree
European Starling
House Sparrow – many at barn
Purple Finch – 1F
American Goldfinch – few
Eastern Towhee – F seen well, another heard
Chipping Sparrow – first fall plumage
Field Sparrow – 4 not sure
Savannah Sparrow – 150 on both sides of road in weed fields
Song Sparrow – 6+ in different places
Swamp Sparrow – 3, maybe more
White-throated Sparrow – 4 heard some, likely more
Dark-eyed Junco – couple seen well, likely more
Red-winged Blackbird – 1F
Palm Warbler – 2 or 3 seen well
Yellow-rumped Warbler – 8 or so seen well
Northern Cardinal – 3
—
Stan DeOrsey