Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Warbler Walk today





Brrr! The temperature hovered barely above 40 for most of today's warbler walk, and the chill was exacerbated by the dampness--it was foggy and windy and, well, darned chilly. But it was nice that the number of species exceeded the temperature, and fairly significantly, with a total of 60! I'll get some photos up ASAP, but here is the list:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Merlin
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch