Rob Bate BBC walk :
Migration is underway. Nine of us ventured out on the inaugural fall 2013 Thursday morning walk starting from Grand Army Plaza. It was slow at first but we hit paydirt with a Louisianna Waterthrush in the horse trail puddle by Rick's Place. There was good activity for the rest of our walk puncuated by periodic lulls in the action. Good warbler activity with lots of Redstarts and Black and White Warblers. Good looks at a couple of Canada Warblers as well as the Yellow-throated Vireo at the base of the road to Lookout Hill. Also of note was a flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers flying above the Lullwater on their way to more suitable habitat.
Rob Bate
42 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 3
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 13 Flyover group, Lower Lullwater
Laughing Gull 1
Herring Gull 3
Forster's Tern 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Empidonax sp. 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Seen by many base of Lookout Hill
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 1 Seen in the Vale on my way to meet the group
American Redstart 12
Blackburnian Warbler 1 Drab female type on Penninsula near point found by Keir
Yellow Warbler 3
Canada Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal X
Common Grackle 3
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
42 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 3
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 13 Flyover group, Lower Lullwater
Laughing Gull 1
Herring Gull 3
Forster's Tern 1
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Empidonax sp. 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Seen by many base of Lookout Hill
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 1 Seen in the Vale on my way to meet the group
American Redstart 12
Blackburnian Warbler 1 Drab female type on Penninsula near point found by Keir
Yellow Warbler 3
Canada Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal X
Common Grackle 3
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
