"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
— George Eliot
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From: Chris Miller <cmnyc79@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 5:04 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall Migration Walk 10/8/26
To: prosbird@gmail.com <Prosbird@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryangoldberg@gmail.com>
From: Chris Miller <cmnyc79@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 5:04 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall Migration Walk 10/8/26
To: prosbird@gmail.com <Prosbird@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>, Ryan Goldberg <ryangoldberg@gmail.com>
Hi Peter,
We had beautiful weather today and a group of approximately 30 people.
The park was fairly birdy and we ended up with 53 species.
Highlights were 2 yellow-billed cuckoos, green-winged teal,
blue-headed vireo, Lincoln's sparrow and 8 warbler species.
Here's the list:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Laughing Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Northern House Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
American Goldfinch
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Best,
Chris Miller
