Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford
Temp: 75° F
Winds: N 14 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny
CHC WMA was very birdy this morning, with mixed flocks of Red-eyed Vireos, American Redstarts, Northern Parulas, and Black-and-white, Chestnut-sided and Magnolia Warblers. A Green Heron never moved as it watched for prey at the water’s edge, giving us ample time to scope and admire it.
38 species
Species | Count |
Wood Duck | 1 |
Mallard | 1 |
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 2 |
Mourning Dove | 2 |
Laughing Gull | 6 |
Herring Gull (American) | 1 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 1 |
Green Heron | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 1 |
Osprey (carolinensis) | 4 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 |
Accipiter sp. | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 2 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 2 |
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 5 |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | 1 |
Eastern Phoebe | 1 |
White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
Red-eyed Vireo | 8 |
Blue Jay | 12 |
American Crow | 2 |
Carolina Chickadee | 7 |
Tufted Titmouse | 8 |
Tree Swallow | 30 |
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) | 1 |
Carolina Wren (Northern) | 6 |
Gray Catbird | 3 |
Veery | 1 |
American Robin | 4 |
Bobolink | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 16 |
Common Grackle | 3 |
Black-and-white Warbler | 6 |
Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) | 2 |
American Redstart | 11 |
Northern Parula | 15 |
Magnolia Warbler | 1 |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | 2 |
Northern Cardinal | 4 |