Hello everyone,
It was a lovely morning and we all enjoyed just being outside, in addition to the birds. We had two Black-crowned Night Herons in the Japanese Garden. We assume that one is Osaka and the other is the interloper.
Many of us had a great up-close look at a Warbling Vireo, a bird that doesn’t always like to come out in the open. They are so pretty with their soft grey feathers. We also had a lot of American Robins including many adorable speckled juveniles.
A White-crowned Sparrow on the path in the former Rose Garden was a nice surprise. A Belted Kingfisher was perched on a tree on one of the islands in the lagoon, but wasn’t calling when it flew, oddly enough. It was nice to see it though.
And we had our heron trifecta plus Great Egret, which is our summertime goal.
BIRDERS: Caterina, Darby, Luther, Mike, Jennie, Tyler, Mark C., Marian, Kristin, Leslie, Simone, Robert, Lucy, Paul, Mark W., Dennis, Marisa, Renate, Jorge, Pam and welcome to Amanda, Bridget, Karen, Danielle and Honest.
TIME: 8:00am to 12:15pm
WEATHER: 68 degrees, sunny, light breeze.
Compiler: Cheryl
Photographers: Marisa and Paul
Canada Goose Number observed: 80
Wood Duck Number observed: 3
Mallard Number observed: 20
Mourning Dove Number observed: 1
Chimney Swift Number observed: 3
Killdeer Number observed: 1
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 2
Caspian Tern Number observed: 2
Double-crested Cormorant Number observed: 1
Black-crowned Night Heron Number observed: 2
Green Heron Number observed: 1
Great Egret Number observed: 3
Great Blue Heron Number observed: 8
Belted Kingfisher Number observed: 2
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 5
Hairy Woodpecker Number observed: 2
falcon sp. Number observed: 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee Number observed: 2
Eastern Phoebe Number observed: 3
Eastern Kingbird Number observed: 5
Warbling Vireo Number observed: 5
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 9
Tree Swallow Number observed: 4
Purple Martin Number observed: 13
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Number observed: 7
Barn Swallow Number observed: 5
Cliff Swallow Number observed: 11
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Number observed: 2
House Wren Number observed: 2
European Starling Number observed: 91
Gray Catbird Number observed: 3
American Robin Number observed: 9
Cedar Waxwing Number observed: 2
House Sparrow Number observed: 3
House Finch Number observed: 2
American Goldfinch Number observed: 9
Song Sparrow Number observed: 3
Baltimore Oriole Number observed: 5
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 18
Brown-headed Cowbird Number observed: 8
Yellow Warbler Number observed: 5
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 6
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: Great-crested flycatcher by Gary Rasmussen