Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford
Temp: 72° F
Winds: NE 5 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
Cox Hall Creek WMA had a nice mix of resident, breeder and migrant birds during this morning’s first-of-season walk. Eastern Wood Peewees are still singing, Ospreys are still fishing and migrating groups of Black-and-white and Yellow Warblers were gleaning insects in the trees. Among our participants were a young couple from Australia for whom all our birds were new, giving us the opportunity to see them with new eyes ourselves!
42 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 14 |
| Mallard | 26 |
| Mourning Dove | 6 |
| Chimney Swift | 1 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 14 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 3 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 2 |
| Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 5 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 1 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 7 |
| Warbling Vireo | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 4 |
| American Crow | 3 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 7 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 6 |
| Purple Martin | 15 |
| Tree Swallow | 2 |
| House Wren (Northern) | 1 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 10 |
| Gray Catbird | 6 |
| American Robin | 8 |
| House Sparrow | 1 |
| House Finch | 18 |
| American Goldfinch | 4 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 4 |
| Field Sparrow | 3 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 4 |
| Common Grackle | 2 |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 1 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 8 |
| American Redstart | 7 |
| Yellow Warbler (Northern) | 4 |
| Pine Warbler | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 8 |
| Indigo Bunting | 1 |
