Thursday, October 2, 2014

Fwd: BBC Trip today


leader Tom Stephenson


-----Original Message-----
From: 12toms@
To: Peter Dorosh
Cc: Rob Bate
Sent: Thu, Oct 2, 2014 12:19 pm
Subject: BBC Trip today


Hi Peter,

Well, today was a crazy day...we started out with one of the quietest couple of hours I've ever experienced in the park..I thought our final count might be somewhere between 5 and 7 species...

But then we hit a magic tree at the base of Lookout and things began to look up.
Rob J was touting his great tree in Greenwood with 10 species of warblers...well, our tree went to 11....

Most of the action was in the southern sections of the park, apart from a few "hot" areas.

We eventually had 64 species including 17 species of warblers. Highlights included Common Raven, American Kestrel (thanks to Nina Bai's sharp eyes), at least 3 Bay-breasted Warblers, a cooperative ADM Chestnut-sided Warbler, Nashville Warbler, both kinglets, 5 species of woodpecker and Toren's Garganey (the escapee...)

Best regards,
Tom


Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
American Kestrel
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow