From BBC walk leader Tom Stephenson
Hi Peter,
A beautiful, if a bit nippy, day. Lots of warblers in the morning coming down to the water in the Vale. Hopefully they can find a new location to stage in the north end during the renovation. Today and this week just showed how key that location is for our migrants.
It wasn't overall quite as birdy as last week, but we ended up with 74 species, highlights being 2 Olive-sided Flycatchers, Least Flycatcher, Canada, Cape May, Nashville, Tennessee, and Bay-breasted Warblers, and more.
We went on a wild goose chase (can you call it that if you're looking for tanagers or thrush??) for the Summer Tanager and the reported Bicknell Thrush invasion, but didn't have any luck finding them.
Here's the list.
Best regards,
Tom
PS: A lady let her off leash dog go right into the water where several warblers and sparrows were bathing. There was a PEP car nearby and I ran over to them to go and ticket her. They finished their yogurt and went over but she had gotten the dog out by then and had gone up the stairs.... Not sure how to negotiate the enforcement issue. But having a solid phone number to a dispatcher might put some pressure on them.
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Great Egret |
| Green Heron |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| Turkey Vulture |
| Canada Goose |
| Mute Swan |
| Wood Duck |
| Mallard |
| Osprey |
| Cooper's Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Laughing Gull |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Chimney Swift |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| Willow Flycatcher |
| Least Flycatcher |
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
| Eastern Kingbird |
| Warbling Vireo |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| Tree Swallow |
| Barn Swallow |
| Carolina Wren |
| House Wren |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
| Veery |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush |
| Swainson's Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| European Starling |
| Cedar Waxwing |
| Tennessee Warbler |
| Nashville Warbler |
| Northern Parula |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| Magnolia Warbler |
| Cape May Warbler |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
| Blackpoll Warbler |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
| American Redstart |
| Ovenbird |
| Northern Waterthrush |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Wilson's Warbler |
| Canada Warbler |
| Scarlet Tanager |
| Chipping Sparrow |
| 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 |
