Thursday, May 18, 2023

Fwd: Thursday walk


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