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Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm – November 4, 2023

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 48°F

Winds: W 5mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

It was a beautiful, birdy morning at the Rea Farm. Swamp Sparrows in particular were very cooperative, providing us with good scope views. Eastern Phoebes and Yellow-rumped Warblers were fly- catching in multiple spots and a lingering male Common Yellow-throat with a subtle mask outline perched, chipping, as it fed. Eastern Towhees foraged in the leaves and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet actually sang a few times,

42 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 109
Mallard 48
American Black Duck 9
Green-winged Teal (American) 2
Mourning Dove 71
Killdeer 6
Herring Gull (American) 2
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Double-crested Cormorant - Roger Horn

Double-crested Cormorant photo by Roger Horn

 
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Eastern Phoebe 5
Eastern Phoebe - Roger Horn

Eastern Phoebe photo by Roger Horn

 
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 10
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren (Northern) 6
European Starling 12
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 8
Northern Mockingbird - Roger Horn

Northern Mockingbird photo by Roger Horn

 
Eastern Bluebird 1
Eastern Bluebird - Roger Horn

Eastern Bluebird photo by Roger Horn

 
Eastern Bluebird - Roger Horn

Eastern Bluebird photo by Roger Horn

 
Eastern Bluebird - Kathleen Horn

Eastern Bluebird photo by Kathy Horn

 
American Robin 80
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 10
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 1
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow - Roger Horn

Swamp Sparrow photo by Roger Horn

 
Swamp Sparrow - Roger Horn

Swamp Sparrow photo by Roger Horn

 
Eastern Towhee (Red-eyed) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 19
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Common Yellowthroat 1
Common Yellowthroat - Roger Horn

Common Yellowthroat photo by Roger Horn

 
Common Yellowthroat - Roger Horn

Common Yellowthroat photo by Roger Horn

 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Northern Cardinal 4