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Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm – October 14, 2023

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 54°F

Winds: SW 8mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy

The Beanery was full of Yellow-rumped Warblers and Swamp Sparrows this morning. We had good views of Merlins, Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks, both perched and in flight. Ospreys are still present in small numbers and a Baltimore Oriole perched long enough for scope views.

44 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 25
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 16
Mourning Dove 7
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Herring Gull (American) 3
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 12
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey (carolinensis) 3
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper’s Hawk 5
Accipiter sp. 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 7
Merlin 3
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 7
Fish Crow 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 3
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 4
Northern Mockingbird 5
American Robin 9
House Finch 2
White-throated Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 5
Song Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 27
Eastern Towhee 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Grackle 4
Common Yellowthroat 3
Palm Warbler (Western) 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 42
Northern Cardinal 4
passerine sp. 40
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