Today was a great day to be out birding, sunny and warm … but we also
had mosquitoes, lots of them. Six of us walked Woodbury Sanctuary in
Monmouth. I often say the best birds are in the parking lot and today
the parking lot had a nesting Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, two frequently
exchanging places in the nest hole. We walked to Mud Pond and had a Loon
on the Pond who seemed very content, hopefully he is nesting. All in all
we saw or heard 39 species.
Species seen and heard (H):
Common Loon
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Red-tailed hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – two pair
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher (H), could not find him
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Wood-Pewee (H)
Empidonax Flycatcher, did not call
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo- maybe 6
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper – called at parking lot
Veery (H) 2+
Hermit Thrush (H)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing (H)
American Goldfinch
Eastern Towhee (on Pease Hill section)
Song Sparrow
Bobolink
Ovenbird (H)
Black-and-white Warbler (H)
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula (H)
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler (H)
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler (on Pease Hill section)
Black-throated Green Warbler (H)
Scarlet Tanager (H)
Indigo Bunting (on Pease Hill section)
Stan DeOrsey