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Hi All
19 Participants joined me for a beautiful day yesterday. There was an
abundance of birds in the Park with very high numbers of Brown Creepers and
both species of Kinglets. Many participants noted that they have never seen so
many Brown Creepers and Kinglets! Also abundant were Sparrows and Juncos.
Highlights include
4 Sandhill Cranes doing a calling flyover so we wouldn't miss them
Eastern Meadowlark (happily a lifer for one person)
Posing Savannah Sparrows
Incredible views of Pine Warblers
Rusty Blackbirds calling and showing in both Tilden's and the Woodland Nature
Trail
2 Garter Snakes
Lots of butterflies, including Red Admiral, Comma & Painted Lady
Mink on the boardwalk for the last few of us that met there.
Numerous wildflowers are in bloom including, Spring Beauty, Dutchman's Breeches
and Bloodroot. The Spicebush is starting to show yellow blooms and there is
very high water on most sloughs.
We started at 8 am and finished around 4. We tallied 66 species and I clocked
11.1 km on my fitbit! The full list is below and in eBird.
Special shout out to Mike Vermue for keeping the list, Deb Ware for the coffee
and muffins to start our day, Gord Cameron for his great finds, and Jeremy
Bensette for pointing out a spectacular male Pine Warbler to the group.
Thank you to all those who turned out, it was a fun day in the company of great
birders.
Good Birding,
Ellen Smout
London
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow,
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
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