Hi Peter,
What a change from last week to this! All of the birds we had last walk seemed to have left the area and are hopefully now on their breeding grounds and getting ready for nesting. That didn't leave too many for us to see today.
We did have two very interesting sightings: In the BBC plantings on the Nellie's Lawn border of the Vale there were a pair of Field Sparrows with nesting material.
Not sure, but maybe this would be the first nesting record for this species, if it's successful?
Later, behind the pagoda, we had a pair of Great Crested Flycatchers also gathering nesting material.
And of course we saw the hummingbird on its nest in the ravine area.
The Green Heron was on its nest, but there was one egg broken on the ground below. Hopefully that was a small casualty and there are more remaining.
As for species, we had 58 (down from 90) including Canada and Wilson's Warblers, and Gray-cheeked Thrush.
The list is below.
Best regards,
Tom
| Double-crested Cormorant | |
| Green Heron | |
| Canada Goose | |
| Mute Swan | |
| Wood Duck | |
| Mallard | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | |
| Laughing Gull | |
| Ring-billed Gull | |
| Herring Gull | |
| Rock Dove | |
| Mourning Dove | |
| Chimney Swift | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | |
| Downy Woodpecker | |
| Northern Flicker | |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | |
| Willow Flycatcher | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | |
| Eastern Kingbird | |
| White-eyed Vireo | |
| Warbling Vireo | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | |
| Blue Jay | |
| American Crow | |
| Barn Swallow | |
| Black-capped Chickadee | |
| Tufted Titmouse | |
| House Wren | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | |
| Wood Thrush | |
| American Robin | |
| Gray Catbird | |
| European Starling | |
| Cedar Waxwing | |
| Northern Parula | |
| Yellow Warbler | |
| Magnolia Warbler | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | |
| American Redstart | |
| Northern Waterthrush | |
| Common Yellowthroat | |
| Wilson's Warbler | |
| Canada Warbler | |
| Chipping Sparrow | |
| Field Sparrow | |
| Song Sparrow | |
| Northern Cardinal | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | |
| Common Grackle | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | |
| Baltimore Oriole | |
| American Goldfinch | |
| House Sparrow |
