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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2024, 3:37 PM
Subject: Thursday's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, brian d foy <briandfoy@pobox.com>, Amy Cook <brklynamy@gmail.com>
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2024, 3:37 PM
Subject: Thursday's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Valerie Masten <valerie.masten@gmail.com>, Marisa Hernandez <shishi47@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <DeepSeaGangster@gmail.com>, Roberta Manian <roberta.manian@gmail.com>, Lisa Curtiss <lccurtiss@gmail.com>, brian d foy <briandfoy@pobox.com>, Amy Cook <brklynamy@gmail.com>
Hi Peter,
A beautiful day, a great group and, in the northern parts of the park, lots of birds. It became eirily quiet south of lookout. For me the most amazing location was the newly fenced in Sparrow Bowl. Wow, it was so birdy there and a great testament to the real benefits of good habitat.
Please thank Director Monaco for that newly refurbished habitat. I had three different conversations with her when she first joined about the destruction caused by the dog walkers and all of their many dogs. My goal had been just to get enforcement down there to try to protect what was left. But the newly grown, protected habitat, was fantastic.
Highlights were: Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Swamp Sparrow, Magnolia, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Indigo Bunting, Scarlet Tanager, Black-throated Green: all in that fenced in area or on the fence.
Other highlights: Olive-sided Flycatcher, Bald Eagle (spotted by our top raptor spotter, Lisa Curtiss), White-eyed Vireo in the Vale, Green-winged Teal and more: 67 species.
Here's the list.
Best regards,
Tom
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Green Heron |
| Canada Goose |
| Mute Swan |
| Wood Duck |
| Mallard |
| Northern Shoveler |
| Green-winged Teal |
| Bald Eagle |
| Cooper's Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Herring Gull |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Belted Kingfisher |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| Eastern Phoebe |
| White-eyed Vireo |
| Blue-headed Vireo |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| American Crow |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
| Brown Creeper |
| Carolina Wren |
| House Wren |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush |
| Swainson's Thrush |
| Wood Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| Brown Thrasher |
| European Starling |
| Nashville Warbler |
| Northern Parula |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| Magnolia Warbler |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Palm Warbler |
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
| American Redstart |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Yellow-breasted Chat |
| Scarlet Tanager |
| Eastern Towhee |
| Chipping Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Swamp Sparrow |
| White-throated Sparrow |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| Indigo Bunting |
| Common Grackle |
| Baltimore Oriole |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |