Species

Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Osprey, Killdeer, Mourning Dove, Barred Owl, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Wood Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern King Bird, White-eyed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Bluebird, Wood Thrush, Cedar Waxwing, Northern Parula, Blackpoll Warbler, Ovenbird, Kentucky Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Eastern Towhee, Field Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Indigo Bunting, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, American Goldfinh

Bill Reports:

Now this was the type of May birding that makes getting out of bed early worthwhile! We had 17 birders show up for this May 20th walk and we got some very nice looks at some cooperative birds. No question, the bird of the day honors goes to the Kentucky Warbler. We heard the rich, rolling song, but had sort of half given up on actually seeing it when Andrew Morris spotted it high up in a tree. The bird stayed in that spot for several minutes giving everyone a chance to see it singing. We also had good looks at Hooded Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Killdeer, Belted Kingfisher, White-eyed Vireo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and Field Sparrow. The complete list of the 48 species identified is shown below. The list is color coded with species highlighted in green seen on both the April and May walks, and species highlighted in blue seen on the May walk but not the April walk. At the end of the report – color coded in orange – are the 13 species seen on the April walk but not seen on the May walk.

P.S. It should be noted that the fabled “Good Spot” yielded up the calling (but not seen) Barred Owl and a killer view of a siting Ruby-throated Hummingbird! Take that all you “Good Spot” doubters!