Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford
Temp: 65° F
Winds: N 15-20 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny
Walking down the trail at CHC WMA this morning, we encountered one flock after another of feeding songbirds. Palm and Black-and- white Warblers, Baltimore Orioles and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Pine Warblers, birds were hungry and on the move. Some, like one of the Palm Warblers, were so busy feeding that they seemed not to notice our presence.
40 species
| Species | Count |
| Mourning Dove | 9 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 2 |
| Laughing Gull | 1 |
| Green Heron | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 1 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 3 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Bald Eagle | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 3 |
| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 4 |
| Merlin | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 1 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 2 |
| Blue Jay | 6 |
| American Crow | 8 |
| Fish Crow | 2 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 3 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 2 |
| Carolina Wren (Northern) | 7 |
| European Starling | 1 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 |
| American Robin | 1 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 20 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 3 |
| Common Grackle | 1 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 4 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 2 |
| American Redstart | 2 |
| Northern Parula | 4 |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 2 |
| Palm Warbler (Western) | 4 |
| Pine Warbler | 3 |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 5 |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1 |
| Indigo Bunting | 1 |
Palm Warbler photo by Kathy Horn
Rose-breasted Grosbeak photo by Kathy Horn
