What a great day for a walk at Throncrag. The weather was close to perfect. Eight people participated and were greeted in the parking lot by a most cooperative male Indigo Bunting. What a nice way to start the walk. Then by the old bottling plant site we had a “ton” of warblers and a few other birds. Here is what we had, 33 total. (H) heard only
Wild Turkey – 6 in the Michaud Farm field, mother and young
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk – Michaud field
Ring-billed Gull – at Staples
Rock Pigeon – at Staples
Mourning Dove – at Staples
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker (H)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (H)
Red-eyed Vireo — still lots singing and saw 1 or 2
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing – quick fly over
Gray Catbird with young
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler (H)
Yellow-rumped Warbler with young
Black-throated Green Warbler, many
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird (H)
Common Yellowthroat (H)
Chipping Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager (H)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting — in parking lot showing off
American Goldfinch, many
House Sparrow at Staples
Gary reported Mallard with young but we did not walk by Thonrcrag “Lake”