Hello everyone,

It’s that time of year…the summer residents have left and the winter residents haven’t all arrived yet. Although our species list isn’t long, we had a few interesting things to look at.

We saw a Red-tailed Hawk being chased relentlessly by a murder of crows. The crows are very persistent birds. The Wood Ducks are still here and there were a lot of them. We also had high numbers of Dark-eyed Juncos. There were not very many Robins on the walk itself and the reason was that they were holding a convention in the grassy area between Cornell and Stony Island. Robins were flying about all over the place!

We started out with an average number of Canada Geese on the lagoons but suddenly a huge flock flew in, honking and carrying on. We hoped to see a Bald Eagle chasing them but alas, no eagle was found. I don’t know what spooked the geese but they were in quite a tizzy.

BIRDERS: Val, Cheryl, Luther, Mike, Daniela, Jennie, Roger, David, Jesse, Kristin, Lucy, Eric, Robert, Simone, Renate, Pam, Jill and welcome to Grace.

TIME: 8:00am to 11:15am                 

WEATHER: Sunny, low-mid 40s, light winds

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographer: Eric

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 291

2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 22

3. Mallard   Number observed: 4

4. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 6

5. Double-crested Cormorant   Number observed: 1

6. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 6

7. Cooper's Hawk   Number observed: 1

8. Red-tailed Hawk   Number observed: 1

9. Belted Kingfisher   Number observed: 1

10. Red-bellied Woodpecker   Number observed: 3

11. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 3

12. Hairy Woodpecker   Number observed: 2

13. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 3

14. American Crow   Number observed: 19

15. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 11

16. Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 1

17. Golden-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 2

18. European Starling   Number observed: 7

19. American Robin   Number observed: 35

20. House Finch   Number observed: 1

21. American Goldfinch  Number observed: 9

22. Chipping Sparrow   Number observed: 1

23. American Tree Sparrow   Number observed: 3

24. Fox Sparrow   Number observed: 2

25. Dark-eyed Junco   Number observed: 34

26. White-throated Sparrow   Number observed: 9

27. 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

Photo: Red-headed woodpecker by Lance Leonhardt