Fwd: Today's BBC Walk

Covid guidelines bbc Walks have resumed.

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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 3, 2020, 2:13 PM
Subject: Today's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Janet Zinn <jczinn135@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,

Reporting in, we had a great walk today. It wasn't super birdy, but there were some nice pockets of warblers, and we ended up with 42 species of birds, 10 warblers.

The highlight was really the group itself: everyone was very enthusiastic and well-behaved, in our corona times. And yet I think we were able to get most everyone on all of the species found.

We had a full group of 12, which I think turned to be an OK size.

Highlights: a Belted Kingfisher catching a fish, a Prairie Warbler up in the butterfly meadow, a very early Blackpoll Warbler, a Cicada that came to life rather unexpectedly, a nice hummingbird moth, and also a Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 

Here's the list. Looking forward to the next one.

Best regards,

Tom

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Dove

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Common Yellowthroat

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Baltimore Oriole

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow