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Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm – October 2, 2021

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 51° F

Winds:  WSW 5 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

The arrival of Yellow-rumped warblers was very evident this morning at the Rea Farm as they flitted and chipped along the pond edges. The fall influx of sparrows has also begun; we had a White- throated Sparrow, plus Chipping, Swamp and Savanah Sparrows. A Northern Waterthrush fed quietly on the muddy ground of the wetwoods, spotted by one of our sharp-eyed participants.

48 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 10
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Herring Gull (American) 4
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Great Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Accipiter sp. 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 13
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 4
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 12
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Brown Creeper 1
House Wren (Northern) 1
Carolina Wren (Northern) 10
European Starling 5
Gray Catbird 10
Brown Thrasher 4
Northern Mockingbird 4
American Robin 17
House Sparrow 2
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Common Grackle 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) 8
American Redstart 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 4