What a great day today was. Thirteen people showed up and
we had a wonderful walk with many good birds. A male Wood Duck was
nearly the first bird seen and seen well. We had both a Solitary and
Spotted Sandpiper plus lots of warblers … still we hoped for more birds!
48 birds were seen or heard (H):
Canada Goose – 2 flew over as we left
Wood Duck – 1 male in the water
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove – only 1
Chimney Swift – 2 quickly flew over, not seen by many
Spotted Sandpiper – 2
Solitary Sandpiper – 1
Cooper’s Hawk – 1
Bald Eagle – 2, maybe 3
Broad-winged Hawk – 1
Belted Kingfisher – 1 twice, maybe 2
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker (H)
Least Flycatcher – 1
Eastern Phoebe – 3
Blue Jay – 6
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow – 4 at Mill Rd bridge
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (H)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 1
Hermit Thrush – 2
American Robin
European Starling
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole – only by folks in the back
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird (H)
Black-and-white Warbler – 5+
Common Yellowthroat – 2
American Redstart – 1
Northern Parula – 1
Yellow Warbler – 5+
Pine Warbler – 2?
Yellow-rumped Warbler – 8+
Black-throated Green Warbler (H)
Northern Cardinal
Stan DeOrsey