We did it again today, another great walk on the Whitman Spring Trail
with 10 great people … it ended up four people did not make it for a
variety of reasons. And the weather fully cooperated, just cloudy, no
rain, no wind, no sun in our eyes, and comfortable temps. As for the
birds, the bird of the day was a somewhat cooperative Northern
Waterthrush. This was followed by an also somewhat cooperative Scarlet
Tanager pair.
Birds seen and heard (H), 40 total:
Ruffed Grouse – H, not much drumming but some at the very beginning.
Mourning Dove H
Common Loon – 1 on the lake
Double-crested Cormorant – 2 or 3 on the lake
Barred Owl – not actually sure, one which may have been a Barred flew
away from us through the woods, seen by only two.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker – either 3 followed us or there were 5
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher H a lot
Eastern Wood-Pewee – H a lot also
Least Flycatcher H at the beginning
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo – at least 4 seen but maybe 10 singing
Blue Jay
American Crow
Bank Swallow — a number of us stopped behind Hobby Lobby where there is
a large colony
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren – 2 seen and singing
Veery – seen well and calling often
Hermit Thrush – seen and some limited singing
Wood Thrush H singing
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Song Sparrow H
Ovenbird – must have been 20, all calling
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler H
Pine Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler H
Scarlet Tanager – pair, both seen
Stan DeOrsey