Hello everyone,
Reminder: This Saturday, May 10, is the annual Spring Bird Count. Please join us if you can – we need everyone’s eyes to find and count all the birds!
It was chilly and windy but the birds were out in force. Our White-eyed Vireo is still hanging around and posing nicely for photos, and the Warbling Vireos were singing away. We were surprised to find two Wood Thrushes, a visitor we don’t see very often. Two Turkey Vultures soared overhead and two Blue Jays passed through.
Paul found a Clay-colored Sparrow, which he was able to ID after he looked at his photos, so that’s why the bird is not on our list, below. It was a nice find. We had high numbers of Baltimore Orioles, Gray Catbirds, Yellow Warblers and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, our wonderful summer residents.
The nicest surprise of the day was the Great Crested Flycatcher that was perched near the south bridge. It’s colors looked very pretty in the sun.
BIRDERS: Cheryl, Marian, Val, Jennie, Roger, Jeff, Katie, Traci, Luther, Pam, Margalit, Stacy, Mark W., Caterina, Renate, Mike M., Tyler, Parag, Gary, Simone, Robert, Daniela, JC, Lucy, Paul, Mark C., Howard, Jane, Kristin and welcome to Lily, Aaron, Mike O., Chris, Amanda, Esther, Jason, Zach, Aiden, and Grace.
TIME: 8:00am to Noon
WEATHER: 46, mostly sunny, breezy
Compiler: Cheryl
Photographers: Paul, Leslie, Gary, Mike
Canada Goose Number observed: 23
Wood Duck Number observed: 1
Mallard Number observed: 14
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Number observed: 2
Chimney Swift Number observed: 110
Killdeer Number observed: 1
Spotted Sandpiper Number observed: 1
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 15
American Herring Gull Number observed: 2
Caspian Tern Number observed: 1
Pied-billed Grebe Number observed: 1
Double-crested Cormorant Number observed: 15
Green Heron Number observed: 1
Great Blue Heron Number observed: 2
Turkey Vulture Number observed: 2
Cooper's Hawk Number observed: 1
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 4
Northern Flicker Number observed: 3
American Kestrel Number observed: 1
Least Flycatcher Number observed: 2
Eastern Phoebe Number observed: 3
Great Crested Flycatcher Number observed: 1
White-eyed Vireo Number observed: 1
Warbling Vireo Number observed: 5
Blue Jay Number observed: 2
American Crow Number observed: 12
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 2
Tree Swallow Number observed: 12
Purple Martin Number observed: 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Number observed: 16
Barn Swallow Number observed: 14
Cliff Swallow Number observed: 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Number observed: 9
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Number observed: 14
Northern House Wren Number observed: 3
European Starling Number observed: 1
Gray Catbird Number observed: 5
Veery Number observed: 3
Swainson's Thrush Number observed: 1
Hermit Thrush Number observed: 5
Wood Thrush Number observed: 2
American Robin Number observed: 38
House Sparrow Number observed: 5
House Finch Number observed: 1
American Goldfinch Number observed: 9
Chipping Sparrow Number observed: 2
Field Sparrow Number observed: 1
White-crowned Sparrow Number observed: 8
White-throated Sparrow Number observed: 15
Song Sparrow Number observed: 3
Lincoln's Sparrow Number observed: 1
Swamp Sparrow Number observed: 2
Eastern Towhee Number observed: 2
Baltimore Oriole Number observed: 9
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 31
Brown-headed Cowbird Number observed: 12
Common Grackle Number observed: 5
Ovenbird Number observed: 1
Northern Waterthrush Number observed: 2
Black-and-white Warbler Number observed: 1
Tennessee Warbler Number observed: 1
Nashville Warbler Number observed: 1
Common Yellowthroat Number observed: 3
Yellow Warbler Number observed: 12
Palm Warbler Number observed: 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler Number observed: 5
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 7
If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/
Corrections, additions, and comments are welcome.
Good birding everyone,
Jennie
Photo: Wilson’s warbler by Heather Roskelley