Myself and Westmoreland Sanctuary's director, Steve Ricker, participated in
Sunday's Greenwich-Stamford summer bird count. Covering a portion of Area 14,
we visited the locations of Westmoreland Sanctuary, Byram Lake Reservoir, and
Merestead county park between the hours of 7:00am and 2:30pm.
Cool temperatures and overcast skies created sub-par birding conditions for a
count aimed at locating breeding birds. Though a handful of expected species
were missed, there were a number of highlights among the species located. A
few of the highlights are as follows:
Byram Lake Reservoir:
Double-crested Cormorant (5)
Black-crowned Night-heron (1)
Herring Gull (1) - attempting to steal a meal from the diving cormorants
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1)
Barn Swallow (1)
Orchard Oriole (1) - 1st year male singing along the north end of the lake
Baltimore Oriole (3)
Merestead county park:
Wild Turkey (2) - toms gobbling at each other
Pileated Woodpecker (1)
Eastern Kingbird (3)
Warbling Vireo (1)
Barn Swallow (5)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Brown Thrasher (4) - 2 birds were very near the historical residence on the
east side of the driveway in the lawn
Blue-winged Warbler (2)
Pine Warbler (1)
Prairie Warbler (1)
Eastern Towhee (3)
Field Sparrow (1)
Indigo Bunting (2)
Orchard Oriole (3) - a male and female were observed copulating
Westmoreland Sanctuary:
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Great-horned Owl (1)
Common Raven (1) - made a brief stop in the top of a white pine in the cemetary
near the main entrance before flying off. Flew over again (vocalizing) early
Mon morning.
Louisiana Waterthrush (1)
Indigo Bunting (1)
Regards,
Adam Zorn
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Adam Zorn
Naturalist - Westmoreland Sanctuary
Board Member - Bedford Audubon Society
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