Another great day for a walk. There was no sun, which is both good and
bad, and it was a bit sticky, but it really was a nice day for a walk.
Eleven people came to St. Peter’s Cemetery with an extension to Gulf
island Dam. The bird of the day almost had to be Eastern Kingbird …
they were everywhere. We estimated 35 but surely that was an undercount.
They were under the power lines and again, everywhere. We also saw a
male Scarlet Tanager, always nice to see. And the real bird of the day
was perhaps a Philadelphia Vireo. Seen well but briefly and I don’t
think everyone got to see it … or was it a Warbling Vireo?
All in all we had 49 species seen and heard (H):
Canada Goose – 2 seen, and H
Mallard – 2 across the river!
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird – 2
Spotted Sandpiper – 1
Ring-billed Gull – 1 across the river
Double-crested Cormorant – 2
Osprey
Bald Eagle – 1 ad, 1 imm
Broad-winged Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (H)
Eastern Kingbird – 35+
Eastern Wood-Pewee – (H) a number of times
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe – at least 6
Philadelphia Vireo – 1 seen
Red-eyed Vireo – 8 maybe more, many seen
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch – 2
House Wren – 3 maybe more, seen briefly, H
Eastern Bluebird – 8 … needed the sun to appreciate their color
Veery (H)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
House Finch
Purple Finch (H)
American Goldfinch
Eastern Towhee – multiple (H)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow – 1, none heard
Song Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole – 2 seen, 1 (H)
Black-and-white Warbler – 3
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler – 1 briefly
Yellow-rumped Warbler (H)
Prairie Warbler – 2 seen well but somewhat briefly, none sang
Scarlet Tanager – 1 male seen
Northern Cardinal (H)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (H)
Indigo Bunting (H)
—
Stan DeOrsey