Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn
Temp: 50° F
Winds: N 4 mph
Weather Conditions: mostly sunny
Although we had the expected abundance of Yellow-rumped and Palm warblers, and seven species of sparrows, including Vesper and White-crowned, the birds with the most eye appeal were an Eastern Meadowlark and an insect-eating American Kestrel, both of which allowed for prolonged score views.
48 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 1 |
Mallard | 13 |
Mourning Dove | 14 |
Killdeer | 2 |
Wilson’s Snipe | 2 |
Herring Gull (American) | 9 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 40 |
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
Great Egret | 2 |
Snowy Egret | 1 |
Turkey Vulture | 1 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 2 |
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 9 |
American Kestrel | 1 |
Merlin | 1 |
Eastern Phoebe | 3 |
Blue Jay | 7 |
American Crow | 6 |
Fish Crow | 18 |
Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4 |
Carolina Wren (Northern) | 8 |
European Starling | 12 |
Gray Catbird | 7 |
Brown Thrasher | 5 |
Northern Mockingbird | 6 |
Eastern Bluebird | 1 |
American Robin | 49 |
House Sparrow | 3 |
House Finch | 4 |
American Goldfinch | 2 |
Field Sparrow | 7 |
White-crowned Sparrow | 1 |
White-throated Sparrow | 3 |
Vesper Sparrow | 1 |
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) | 5 |
Song Sparrow | 16 |
Swamp Sparrow | 10 |
Eastern Towhee | 2 |
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern) | 1 |
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 5 |
Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) | 2 |
Palm Warbler (Western) | 4 |
Palm Warbler (Yellow) | 2 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 11 |
Northern Cardinal | 2 |