Photo: northern cardinal by Jeremy Sliwinski

Hello everyone,

Happy fall everyone! We had a great group of birders to celebrate the first day of fall and to enjoy our migrants on this beautiful morning.

And the migrants didn’t disappoint. We found a very large pocket of warblers near the west side of the Darrow Bridge; so many that we spent about 45 minutes just in this one spot. Included is this flock was a beautiful Cape May warbler who was still sporting most of his breeding plumage.

Black-throated Blue warblers, a fan favorite, were present as were Brown Thrashers. We also had lots of raptors, including two brave American Kestrels who were chasing a Cooper’s Hawk. A Great Blue Heron and a Great Egret jockeyed for territory. A Veery and a Swainson’s Thrush bonded over a drink of water from a puddle. And as always, the Canada Geese and Wood Ducks were plentiful.

BIRDERS: Kristin, Marian, Mike, Jennie, Jeff, Nathan, Cheryl, Emma, Paul, Tracy, Trevor, Dennis, Pam, Marisa, Renate, Annie, Mark W., Eric, Leslie, Roger, Gary, Lucy, Mark C., Lillian, Jim, Sandy, and welcome to Tyler, Erin, Rachel, Tim, Gina, Patrick, Miriam, Karl, and Carol and Carrie visiting from Atlanta.

TIME: 8:00am to 12:30pm     

WEATHER: Mostly sunny, 65 degrees

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographer: Eric    

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 89

2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 12

3. Mallard   Number observed: 37

4. Chimney Swift   Number observed: 6

5. Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Number observed: 2

6. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 5

7. Double-crested Cormorant   Number observed: 1

8. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 5

9. Great Egret   Number observed: 3

10. Green Heron   Number observed: 3

11. Black-crowned Night-Heron   Number observed: 2

12. Cooper's Hawk   Number observed: 3

13. Red-shouldered Hawk   Number observed: 1

14. Red-tailed Hawk   Number observed: 1

15. Belted Kingfisher   Number observed: 1

16. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 3

17. Hairy Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

18. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 3

19. American Kestrel   Number observed: 2

20. Eastern Wood-Pewee   Number observed: 3

21. Eastern Phoebe   Number observed: 1

22. Warbling Vireo   Number observed: 3

23. Blue Jay   Number observed: 2

24. American Crow   Number observed: 9

25. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 6

26. Cliff Swallow   Number observed: 1

27. Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 2

28. White-breasted Nuthatch   Number observed: 1

29. House Wren   Number observed: 1

30. European Starling    Number observed: 6

31. Gray Catbird   Number observed: 6

32. Brown Thrasher   Number observed: 3

33. Veery   Number observed: 1

34. Gray-cheeked Thrush   Number observed: 1

35. Swainson's Thrush   Number observed: 12

36. American Robin   Number observed: 5

37. House Sparrow   Number observed: 12

38. House Finch   Number observed: 1

39. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 10

40. White-throated Sparrow   Number observed: 6

41. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 1

42. Tennessee Warbler   Number observed: 2

43. Nashville Warbler   Number observed: 2

44. American Redstart   Number observed: 5

45. Cape May Warbler   Number observed: 6

46. Northern Parula   Number observed: 1

47. Magnolia Warbler   Number observed: 6

48. Bay-breasted Warbler   Number observed: 2

49. Chestnut-sided Warbler   Number observed: 1

50. Blackpoll Warbler   Number observed: 6

51. Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler   Number observed: 1

52. Black-throated Blue Warbler   Number observed: 2

53. Palm Warbler   Number observed: 1

54. Yellow-rumped Warbler   Number observed: 1

55. Wilson's Warbler   Number observed: 1

56. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 3

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