Led by Adelia Harrison ,her report
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From: Adelia Honeywood <honeywood5@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2021, 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: Your breeding bird waLk saturday
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
From: Adelia Honeywood <honeywood5@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2021, 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: Your breeding bird waLk saturday
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Hi Peter,
Calvert Vaux and Six Diamonds is not as good as it was last year. On this same weekend last year there were Blue Grosbeak, Little Blue Heron, Caspian Tern, Belted Kingfisher and lots of breeding activity, including an Orchard Oriole feeding a Cowbird chick (confirmed breeding for both birds). This past Saturday it was pretty dead. The entire season hasn't been as good at CV and SD this year. Last year there was a pair of Belted Kingfishers likely breeding, and tons of Common Yellowthroat breeding and I haven't even observed those species this year. Hardly hear Carolina Wren even though last year they were probably breeding. Unfortunately, drone activity is back at CV and I wonder if this is a factor. A few weeks ago I observed a pair of Cedar Waxwings building a nest. As I watched them, a little drone kept buzzing around. In the weeks since, I have not been able to relocate the Waxwings and wonder if they abandoned the nest.
As far as attendance was concerned, a lot of people were out of town. There were 5 of us total, including a young woman in 7th grade who is very enthusiastic about birds and who came down from Westchester with her dad.
Here is a list including breeding codes where observed.
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Spotted Sandpiper
American Oystercatcher
Laughing Gull - in early May multiple pairs were copulating on top of a low-rise building, a probable breeding code, but could've nested elsewehre
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
American Crow
Fish Crow
Willow Flycatcher - Pair in suitable habitat - probable breeding
Warbling Vireo - Carrying Food - CONFIRMED breeding
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren- Singing Bird - Possible breeding
European Starling
Gray Catbird - Carrying Food - CONFIRMED breeding
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin - Singing Bird - Possible breeding
House Sparrow - Feeding Young - Confirmed breeding
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow - Singing Bird present 7+ days- probable breeding (confirmed last year)
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird - Carrying Food - CONFIRMED breeding
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler - Singing Bird - Possible breeding (confirmed last year)
Northern Cardinal - Singing Bird - Possible breeding (confirmed last year)
Indigo Bunting - Pair in suitable habitat - probable breeding (confirmed last year)
Adelia
On Monday, June 28, 2021, 06:37:49 AM EDT, Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Scalia
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Can u send me the link to tour Baird report for my Trips blog and any details u like to add?
thanks.😎
Its summer for me and too weary to bird ... 😑🏜🌄
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--Carl Sagan
