Species:
1 Mourning Dove 7, 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2, 3 Chimney Swift 3, 4 Ruby throated Hummingbird 2, 5 Black Vulture 1,c 6 Turkey Vulture 5, 7 Osprey 1, 8 Bald Eagle 2, 9 Red-shouldered Hawk 2, 10 Red-Bellied Woodpecker 2, 11 Downy Woodpecker 2, 12 Esatern Wood Pewee 5, 13 Acadian Flycatcher 3, 14 Great-crested Flycatcher 2, 15 Eastern Kingbird 1, 16 White-eyed Vireo 3, 17 Yellow-throated Vireo 2
18 Red-eyed Vireo 7, 19 Blue Jay 1, 20 American Crow 1, 21 Carolina Chickadee 1, 22 Tufted Titmouse 4,
23 Tree Swallow 1, 24 Barn Swallow 2, 25 White-breasted Nuthatch 1, 26 Blue Gray Gnatcatcher 10, 27 Carolina Wren 10, 28 Starling 30, 29 Brown Thrasher 3, 30 Northern Mockingbird 3, 31 Eastern Bluebird 3,
32 Wood thrush 1, 33 American Robin 2, 34 Cedar Waxwing 5, 35 House Sparrow 3, 36 American Goldfinch 5, 37 Chipping Sparrow 1, 38 Orchard Oriole 1, 39 Baltimore Oriole 1, 40 Red-winged Blackbird 1, 41 Brown headed Cowbird 10, 42 Common Grackle 10, 43 Ovenbird 1, 44 Louisiana Waterthrush 2, 45 Common Yellowthroat 1, 46 American Redstart 6, 47 Northen Parula 4, 48 Pine Warbler 1, 49 Summer Tanager 1,
50 Scarlet Tanager 1, 51 Northern Cardinal 5, 52 Indigo Bunting 10
Dave Mozurkowich reports:
Usually, when Bill misses one of these walks we're saddled with bad
weather. Or if the weather is good, some other event makes the day
memorable. Last year it was four trees downed on the road. Today was a
beautiful late spring day; warm, sunny and calm so only three of us
showed up; perhaps everyone else was expecting some sort of calamity.
Well, the day was certainly memorable but not for the conditions; for
the birds. We started with the air full of birdsong. It calmed down a
bit toward the middle but we ended with a number of flyovers and a final
burst of song. We decided to call it a day when we dragged ourselves
out of FUNA at 11:15. No time to do the second half of the trip.
The species list along with estimates of numbers is below. Note the
complete absence of waterbirds. You'll have to ask Bill for a
comparison to last year/month. I hope to see you at GBNA in two weeks.