Leading : Tom Stephenson
Hi Peter,
I wanted to report in on the walk today.
It was a small but hardy and energetic group and the park was incredibly birdy. I have never seen so many Pine and Palm Warblers or Brown Creepers in one day...(maybe higher than all other days combined for the creepers!) There were also many kinglets and Hermit Thrush.
The large numbers of some of these species gave us great opportunities to study their calls and songs. All told we have 67 species including a couple seen by Rob on the way in to the park.
Highlights included 40+ Pine Warblers, 40+ Palm Warblers, 20-30 Brown Creepers, Wilson's Snipe (thanks to text tip from Keir), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, brilliant Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-winged Teal, 6+ White-winged Crossbills, Chipping and American Tree Sparrows (6 sparrow species), a brilliant Louisiana Waterthrush, 3 species of swallow, 5 species of woodpecker, 4 species of warblers, and more. Migration has begun...
The list is below.
Best regards,
Tom
| Pied-billed Grebe | |
| Great Blue Heron | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | |
| Canada Goose | |
| Mute Swan | |
| Wood Duck | |
| American Black Duck | |
| Mallard | |
| Blue-winged Teal | |
| Northern Shoveler | |
| Ring-necked Duck | |
| Ruddy Duck | |
| Cooper's Hawk | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | |
| Peregrine Falcon | |
| American Coot | |
| Wilson's Snipe | |
| Ring-billed Gull | |
| Herring Gull | |
| Rock Dove | |
| Mourning Dove | |
| Belted Kingfisher | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | |
| Downy Woodpecker | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | |
| Northern Flicker | |
| Eastern Phoebe | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | |
| Blue Jay | |
| American Crow | |
| Tree Swallow | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | |
| Barn Swallow | |
| Black-capped Chickadee | |
| Tufted Titmouse | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | |
| Brown Creeper | |
| Carolina Wren | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | |
| Hermit Thrush | |
| American Robin | |
| Northern Mockingbird | |
| European Starling | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | |
| Pine Warbler | |
| Palm Warbler | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | |
| American Tree Sparrow | |
| Chipping Sparrow | |
| Fox Sparrow | |
| Song Sparrow | |
| Swamp Sparrow | |
| White-throated Sparrow | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | |
| Northern Cardinal | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | |
| Rusty Blackbird | |
| Common Grackle | |
| Purple Finch | |
| White-winged Crossbill | |
| Pine Siskin | |
| American Goldfinch | |
| House Sparrow |
