Photo: Hairy woodpecker by Lia Bocchiaro
Hello everyone,
Wow, we found 50 species today for the first time in a long time! The Ruby-crowned Kinglets have taken over from the Golden-crowned and they were showing off their gorgeous red crowns. We had our first of year Warbling Vireo. The Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were very noisy and plentiful. We had one female Hooded Merganser on a log in the lagoon, hanging out near a pair of snoozing Red-breasted Mergansers. The number of Purple Martins is increasing and I expect we’ll see more next week. We also spotted three Blue Jays, which is a common bird that’s not very common in our neck of the woods.
The highlight of the day was a flyover juvenile Bald Eagle who was soaring beautifully on its way north. It’s always a big deal when we see an eagle!
BIRDERS: Kristin, Marian, Jennie, Mike, Luther, Cheryl, Lucy, Paul, Dennis, Caterina, Bruce, Julia, Gary, Roger, Tracy, Renate, Pat, Mark C., Mark W. and welcome to Craig, Louise and Anisha.
TIME: 8:00am to 11:05am
WEATHER: High 30s, sunny, beautiful clear blue sky
Compiler: Cheryl
Photographers: Mike, Jennie
Canada Goose Number observed: 18
Wood Duck Number observed: 6
Blue-winged Teal Number observed: 3
Mallard Number observed: 9
Hooded Merganser Number observed: 1
Red-breasted Merganser Number observed: 2
Chimney Swift Number observed: 3
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 4
Herring Gull Number observed: 1
Caspian Tern Number observed: 3
Black-crowned Night Heron Number observed: 1
Cooper's Hawk Number observed: 1
Bald Eagle Number observed: 1
Belted Kingfisher Number observed: 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Number observed: 5
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 5
Northern Flicker Number observed: 3
Eastern Phoebe Number observed: 1
Warbling Vireo Number observed: 1
Blue Jay Number observed: 3
American Crow Number observed: 3
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 4
Tree Swallow Number observed: 3
Purple Martin Number observed: 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Number observed: 3
Barn Swallow Number observed: 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Number observed: 9
Brown Creeper Number observed: 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Number observed: 7
Winter Wren Number observed: 1
European Starling Number observed: 6
Brown Thrasher Number observed: 2
Hermit Thrush Number observed: 2
American Robin Number observed: 15
House Sparrow Number observed: 3
American Goldfinch Number observed: 5
Chipping Sparrow Number observed: 1
Dark-eyed Junco Number observed: 4
White-throated Sparrow Number observed: 6
Song Sparrow Number observed: 2
Swamp Sparrow Number observed: 1
Eastern Towhee Number observed: 1
Baltimore Oriole Number observed: 2
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 14
Brown-headed Cowbird Number observed: 2
Common Grackle Number observed: 3
Northern Waterthrush Number observed: 1
Palm Warbler Number observed: 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler Number observed: 7
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 5
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