Friday, April 10, 2015

Fwd: Thursday BBC Walk Report




-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <ProsBird@aol.com>

Sent: Fri, Apr 10, 2015 8:38 am
Subject: Thursday Walk Report

Hi Peter,

Here's a report from the Thursday AM walk.

We had a very hardy group of about 20 people who braved the dark clouds and sub-human, very cold, temp. And it turned out, against all expectations, to be a very birdy day.

We had 62 species overall. Highlights were Eastern Bluebird (pair in midwood!), 5 species of woodpecker, 2 Osprey, American Kestrel, several Barn Swallow, several Brown Creeper, several Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Wood Duck in a tree, several Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow (indeed, 7 species of sparrow), American Widgeon female looking very friendly with a male Mallard... and more.

Here's the list and a couple of photos for posting.


See you in the park.

Best regards,
Tom

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Rusty Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow