10 participants and 2 leaders birded the Marlborough Forest, the Franktown
Road, Richmond Conservation Area and the Moodie sand pits this morning. The
weather was supposed to be 30C and rain but we got dark clouds and a
temperature around 17C by the end of the trip at 1:15. A nice light breeze
kept the hungry black flies at bay.
A pair of Black-billed Cuckoos engaged in a chase, a singing Brown Thrasher
and a very nicely displaying Upland Sandpiper made up for the many birds
that were easily heard but not seen. The dratted Northern Waterthrush for
example. We ended up with 86 species for the trip, including 13 warbler
species on a trip that wasn't really designed for warblers!
On behalf of Colin Gaskell and myself I would like to thank the folks that
made it out today, a good time was had by all.
Cheers
Dave Moore & Colin Gaskell
SPECIES SEEN
From 5/10/2015 to 5/10/2015 ~ All Places ~ 86 seen
DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, TURKEYS, ALLIES
Ruffed Grouse
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS
Double-crested Cormorant
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY
Osprey
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS
Virginia Rail
PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
Killdeer
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS
Ring-billed Gull
Black Tern
Common Tern
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
CUCKOOS
Black-billed Cuckoo
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
American Kestrel
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
VIREOS
Warbling Vireo
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
CHICKADEES AND TITS
Black-capped Chickadee
NUTHATCHES
White-breasted Nuthatch
WRENS
House Wren
THRUSHES AND ALLIES
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
STARLINGS
European Starling
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
BUNTINGS AND NEW WORLD SPARROWS
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
CARDINALS AND ALLIES
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
-------- STATISTICS --------
Species seen - 86
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