Thursday, April 16, 2015

Fwd: Today's walk





-----Original Message-----
From: 12toms@gmail.com
To: Peter Dorosh
Cc: Rob Bate ; R Ruvolo
Sent: Thu, Apr 16, 2015 1:42 pm
Subject: Today's walk

Hi Peter,

Well, today the weather was much improved from last week, but there were fewer species in the park...so migration is still in the wings, as it were....

We had 53 species (still not bad for April) as listed below. Highlights included and American Lady butterfly...(we actually weren't that desperate, but a beautiful insect it was), Northern Parula, lots of Pines and Palms, many very fired-up Ruby-crowned Kinglets (all the golden seem to have left already), Turkey Vulture, American Widgeon pair, Monk Parakeets fly by, Common Yellowthroat and more.

Here's the list with a couple of photos.
One's a Palm Warbler showing its diagnostic tail pattern.


Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Herring Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow