"The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings."
― The Little White Bird
― The Little White Bird
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
To: ProsBird@aol.com <ProsBird@aol.com>
Cc: Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>; Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>; Robert Bate <robsbate@gmail.com>
Sent: Thu, May 16, 2019 05:59 PM
Subject: Thursday Walk
Hi Peter,
Well, I guess the only word that best describes today's walk is "WOW"...
I know this language is uncharacteristic, but other words fail me at the moment.
It took us 2 hours just to get from the GAP entrance to the Vale. There were many "I've never seen so many..." moments including Wilson's Warblers (8+), Spotted Sandpipers (6), Common Yellowthroat (x+), Veery (10+) and more.
Highlights might include a very cooperative Gray-cheeked Thrush, 5 species of raptors including Osprey and Merlin, Bank Swallows, cooperative Bay-breasted and Prairie, and lots more: 84 species in total.
Here's the list. Please post it somewhere as several people wanted to see it.
Best regards,
Tom
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Great Egret |
| Green Heron |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| Canada Goose |
| Mute Swan |
| Wood Duck |
| Mallard |
| Osprey |
| Cooper's Hawk |
| Broad-winged Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Merlin |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Laughing Gull |
| Ring-billed Gull |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Chimney Swift |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| Belted Kingfisher |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| Least Flycatcher |
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
| Eastern Kingbird |
| Warbling Vireo |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| Tree Swallow |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
| Bank Swallow |
| Barn Swallow |
| Tufted Titmouse |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
| Carolina Wren |
| House Wren |
| Veery |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush |
| Swainson's Thrush |
| Wood Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| European Starling |
| Cedar Waxwing |
| Tennessee Warbler |
| Northern Parula |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| Magnolia Warbler |
| Cape May Warbler |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Blackburnian Warbler |
| Prairie Warbler |
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
| Blackpoll Warbler |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
| American Redstart |
| Ovenbird |
| Northern Waterthrush |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Hooded Warbler |
| Wilson's Warbler |
| Canada Warbler |
| Scarlet Tanager |
| Eastern Towhee |
| Song Sparrow |
| Swamp Sparrow |
| White-throated Sparrow |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| Indigo Bunting |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Common Grackle |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Baltimore Oriole |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |