Photo: Belted kingfisher by Charles Wheeler
Hello everyone,
Our resident summer birds came out to visit us this morning. We had the heron trifecta, although we only had one Great Blue Heron, which is a bit odd. Perhaps our local GBHs are still raising their young over in the Oak Woods Cemetery rookery.
An adorable raccoon was in its usual tree cavity and turned itself upside down to show us its paws and face. We enjoyed seeing four Great Crested Flycatchers and we heard and/or saw many Eastern Wood Pewees singing their distinctive song. Indigo Buntings were present and one perched on top of a broken off vertical dead tree trunk and sang its heart out while it posed beautifully for us.
The highlight of the morning was the hard to spot Scarlet Tanager, who kept moving out of sight behind the leaves. We persevered and everyone finally got a good look at this gorgeous bird.
BIRDERS: Lucy, Luther, Caterina, Gary, Leslie, Jeff, Madhu, Robert, Simone, Marisa, Larry, Andy, Howard, Mark C., Marian, Jennie, Katie, Amir, Sarah, Daniela, Mike and welcome to Kira, Nathaniel, Ryan, Georgeen, Valerie (from D.C.), Amber, Melissa (from Austin), Mackenzie (from Cincinnati) and Clark.
TIME: 8:00am to 11:45am
WEATHER: 73 degrees, mostly sunny
Compiler: Mike
Species
Count
Canada Goose
56
Wood Duck
4
Mallard
16
Mourning Dove
1
Chimney Swift
10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4
Spotted Sandpiper
1
Ring-billed Gull
5
American Herring Gull
2
Caspian Tern
3
Double-crested Cormorant
2
Black-crowned Night Heron
4
Green Heron
5
Great Blue Heron
1
Downy Woodpecker
2
Northern Flicker
1
Eastern Wood-Pewee
6
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
1
Willow Flycatcher
2
Eastern Phoebe
1
Great Crested Flycatcher
4
Eastern Kingbird
8
Eastern Warbling Vireo
7
American Crow
5
Black-capped Chickadee
1
Tree Swallow
2
Purple Martin
20
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
7
Barn Swallow
11
Cliff Swallow
12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5
Northern House Wren
8
European Starling
40
Gray Catbird
6
American Robin
14
Cedar Waxwing
10
House Sparrow
5
House Finch
5
American Goldfinch
3
Chipping Sparrow
1
Song Sparrow
6
Orchard Oriole
5
Baltimore Oriole
9
Red-winged Blackbird
17
Brown-headed Cowbird
5
Common Grackle
6
Common Yellowthroat
4
American Redstart
1
Northern Yellow Warbler
18
Scarlet Tanager
1
Northern Cardinal
2
Indigo Bunting
4
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