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Hidden Corners of Belleplain – May 13, 2025

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon, Guy Moody and Kathy Horn.

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A damp day but decent birding! The highlights were a perched singing Sumner Tanager, and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo perched in plain sight.

48 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
Wild Turkey 5
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Laughing Gull 14
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Acadian Flycatcher 4
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 4
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 5
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 3
Chipping Sparrow 6
Field Sparrow 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Ovenbird 5
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Prothonotary Warbler 3
Hooded Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 4
Yellow-throated Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 4
Summer Tanager 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 5
New Jersey Audubon