Another fabulous day. And another 13 people came to Viles Arboretum in Augusta. As we met in the parking lot birds were all around, House Wrens called continuously and Tree Swallows filled the air swooping all over. As we walked in, Steve Reed found a beautiful male Bluebird for us to enjoy. Not long later a Baltimore Oriole. We walked by the ball fields and had more birds. It was a great day. 34 birds, many seen well.
The list:
Turkey Vulture (see on ride home)
Bald Eagle (adult see over the picnic lunch)
Red-tailed Hawk
Herring Gull (Staples)
Rock Pigeon (Staples)
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird (very accommodating, just sat there)
Warbling Vireo (saw and heard)
Red-eyed Vireo (only heard but found a nest and this seems to be what bird used the nest)
American Crow
Tree Swallow (many young peeking from house boxes)
House Wren (10?)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (also accommodating)
Yellow Warbler (saw well, almost accommodating!)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (not accommodating)
Black-and-white Warbler (heard only)
American Redstart
Ovenbird (heard only)
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow (many)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (would not stop singing but could not find him … found vireo nest, not his)
Bobolink (many in one field, many male, one female)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch