Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Bert Hixon, Lynn Pollard
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Scintillating Scarlet and Summer Tanagers, territorial and aglow in the morning light, greeted participants of this mornings ‘Birds of Belleplain State Forest’ excursion. Other highlights included point-blank, lingering views of an obliging territorial male Prairie Warbler, Baltimore Oriole and busy Eastern Bluebird parents. One such bluebird pair were attending a brood in a box that was re-mounted after the April 22 windstorm had knocked it down when it contained two eggs. This determined pair now has FIVE eggs in their nest. Hope springs eternal!
59 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 8
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) 2
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 8
Accipiter sp. (Accipiter sp.) 1
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) 3
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 2
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) 3
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 3
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 4
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 3
White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) 5
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) 2
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 5
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 3
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 12
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 3
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) 1
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 2
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 7
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 3
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) 1
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 1
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 4
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 3
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) 5
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) 1
Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) 2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) 1
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 3
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) 5
Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 2
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 5
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 2
