The day was dreary, but the occasional rain showers never kept the 7 participants from finding the 63 species that we had. Many of the birds we had were seen heard but not seen.
And there were a number of expected species that were never encountered, so 63 is a pretty impressive number.
Species seen or heard:
Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck – 4 on the river at the 1rst stop
Mallard
Turkey Vulture – at least 7
Osprey – one seen carrying nesting material
Kestral
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – seen well at the base of a tree
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Alder Flycatcher – at least 2 heard at our last stop
Least Flycatcher – heard only
Eastern Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher – heard only
Eastern Kingbird – several, one seen in a nest at Bobbin Mill Brook
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
Crow
Chickadee
Titmouse
Brown Creeper
Veery
Hermit Thrush – heard only
Wood Thrush – heard only
Robin
Catbird – numerous
Mockingbird – heard only
Starling
Warbling Vireo – heard only
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula – heard only
Yellow Warbler – numerous
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler – heard only
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird – heard only – numerous at some locations
Common Yellowthroat
Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak – heard only
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee – heard only
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Grackle
Oriole
House Finch
Goldfinch
Dan Marquis: Leader & recorder