What a great day. The morning started bright and sunny with no wind.
As for the birds today, we had a good list of birds but not many of each
species. Some warblers are in and a few were seen very well. We also had
a most cooperative Spotted Sandpiper and Veery. The full list follows,
(H) for heard only. 46 are listed but Gordon had a few more the rest of
us generally missed.
Canada Goose – 2 but yesterday folks reported 5 young, no young seen today?
Wood Duck – Gordon had two fly up river before anyone arrived
Mallard – 1
Common Merganser – 3 seen well
Rock Pigeon – under the bridge nesting
Spotted Sandpiper – 1 well in the sun
Double-crested Cormorant – 1
Turkey Vulture – 2
Bald Eagle – 1, our last bird as we left
Broad-winged Hawk – 2, one overhead at tree top height
Red-tailed Hawk – 1 in a tree
Belted Kingfisher – 1, maybe 2, very active
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – 1 (H)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker – 1
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo – 1 well
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven – maybe 4, vocal
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow – 4 checking for nest spots under Mill St.
bridge
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Bluebird – 1 seen by the end of the group and by other walkers
Veery – 1 seen very well, very cooperative
American Robin
Gray Catbird – 3+
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow – about 4
Eastern Meadowlark – 1 (H) by substation beyond school
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Black-and-white Warbler – 6, most well
Common Yellowthroat – 1 well
Yellow Warbler – 2 or 3 well
Chestnut-sided Warbler – not seen by all but 1 seen well
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler – 1 well
Northern Cardinal
Stan DeOrsey