Fwd: Thursday Fall Migration BBC Walk 10/15/26

"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 15, 2026, 8:43 PM
Subject: Thursday Fall Migration Walk 10/15/26
To: prosbird@gmail.com <Prosbird@gmail.com>, Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>, Dennis Hrehowsik <deepseagangster@gmail.com>

Hi Peter,
We had beautiful fall weather and a lovely group of participants on
today's walk. The park was very birdy and we had great looks at many
of the birds.
Highlights for the day were 2 Vesper sparrows, White-crowned sparrow,
6 American Pipits, Rusty Blackbird, Bald Eagle and 12 warbler species.
We had 65 species total.

Here's the list:

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
American Black Duck
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal

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Best,
Chris Miller