Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford
Temp: 70° F
Winds: NE 15-20 mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy
Despite a stiff breeze and overcast skies, the birding was good at CHC WMA today. A Savannah Sparrow, perhaps exhausted from its nocturnal flight, perched on a grass stalk, allowing us to study all its field marks. A Belted Kingfisher dove repeatedly in front of us, carrying off its fish as we watched. We were alerted to the presence of a mixed feeding flock by the high-pitched call of a Brown Creeper. And a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, feeding busily on a snag, was suddenly still as a Coopers Hawk flew in, landing beside it. We could still see the sapsucker in the scope, but we weren’t sure if the hawk even knew it was there.
34 species
| Species | Count |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 9 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 1 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 2 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) | 2 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Accipiter sp. | 1 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 4 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 5 |
| Blue Jay | 9 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 3 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 3 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 3 |
| Brown Creeper | 1 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 5 |
| European Starling | 10 |
| Gray Catbird | 10 |
| Brown Thrasher | 3 |
| American Robin | 2 |
| Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) | 1 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 2 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 4 |
| Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) | 2 |
| Northern Parula | 2 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 2 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 8 |
| Northern Cardinal | 5 |
Savannah Sparrow photo by Roger Horn
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker photo by Roger Horn
