Hello everyone,

It was family day in the Swallow world with lots of juveniles begging for food and their busy parents obliging. There was a lovely female Wood Duck with 2 medium size babies following along. And we spotted a nice first summer male Orchard Oriole with his handsome black throat feathers. We were treated to two Great Egrets, both of whom posed nicely for our photographers.

We had 2 Black-crowned Night Herons in the Japanese Garden. Osaka was standing sentinel until another BCNH came along and chased him away from his fishing spot. Or, perhaps the first bird was the new one and Osaka came back to claim his territory. One of the two herons caught a yummy looking fish for its breakfast.

Eastern Kingbirds were everywhere and we had two cute White-Breasted Nuthatches in one tree on the soccer field. There was a mulberry tree in the former rose garden that attracted a lot of birds, including two Great-crested Flycatchers.

BIRDERS: Roger, Cheryl, Leslie, Marian, Jennie, Kristin, Luther, Mark C., Mike, Caterina, Simone, Robert, Gary, Eric, Marisa, Renate, Paul, Darby, Maddy.

TIME:   8:00am to 11:45am   

WEATHER: 75 degrees, partly cloudy, very humid

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographers: Paul, Eric, Marisa, Gary, Leslie        

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 80

2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 8

3. Mallard   Number observed: 6

4. Chimney Swift   Number observed: 8

5. Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Number observed: 2

6. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 6

7. Herring Gull   Number observed: 2

8. Caspian Tern   Number observed: 2

9. Double-crested Cormorant   Number observed: 4

10. Black-crowned Night Heron   Number observed: 2

11. Green Heron   Number observed: 1

12. Great Egret   Number observed: 2

13. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 3

14. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 3

15. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 6

16. Eastern Wood-Pewee   Number observed: 2

17. Willow Flycatcher   Number observed: 2

18. Eastern Phoebe   Number observed: 1

19. Great Crested Flycatcher   Number observed: 2

20. Eastern Kingbird   Number observed: 11

21. Warbling Vireo   Number observed: 5

22. American Crow   Number observed: 1

23. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 4

24. Tree Swallow   Number observed: 5

25. Purple Martin   Number observed: 24

26. Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Number observed: 3

27. Barn Swallow   Number observed: 19

28. Cliff Swallow   Number observed: 32

29. White-breasted Nuthatch   Number observed: 3

30. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Number observed: 4

31. House Wren   Number observed: 2

32. European Starling   Number observed: 12

33. Gray Catbird   Number observed: 5

34. American Robin   Number observed: 23

35. Cedar Waxwing   Number observed: 7

36. House Sparrow   Number observed: 6

37. House Finch   Number observed: 10

38. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 10

39. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 5

40. Orchard Oriole   Number observed: 2

41. Baltimore Oriole   Number observed: 7

42. Red-winged Blackbird   Number observed: 18

43. Brown-headed Cowbird   Number observed: 3

44. Common Grackle   Number observed: 2

45. Magnolia Warbler   Number observed: 1

46. Yellow Warbler   Number observed: 13

47. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 3

48. Indigo Bunting   Number observed: 1

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: Baltimore orioles by Eric Nie