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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Subject: Thursday's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Subject: Thursday's Walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Hi Peter,
It was a very beautiful day, with another good crowd of about 50 people, similar to last week. But oddly a bit less birdy. We did end up with 59 species including 9 species of warblers. But there were lots of quiet places.
We thought the bird of the day was going to be a stick insect that the park rangers had in a cage to show kids... but then we got the discord notice of the Least Bittern and had very good, long looks at it hunting in the upper pool.
Here's the list.
Best regards,
Tom
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Green Heron |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| Least Bittern |
| Mute Swan |
| Wood Duck |
| Mallard |
| Blue-winged Teal |
| Ruddy Duck |
| Cooper's Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Laughing Gull |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Chimney Swift |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Eastern Kingbird |
| Blue-headed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| Barn Swallow |
| Black-capped Chickadee |
| Tufted Titmouse |
| Carolina Wren |
| House Wren |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Swainson's Thrush |
| Hermit Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Brown Thrasher |
| European Starling |
| Blue-winged Warbler |
| Northern Parula |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Pine Warbler |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
| Louisiana Waterthrush |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Eastern Towhee |
| Chipping Sparrow |
| Vesper Sparrow |
| Savannah Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Swamp Sparrow |
| White-throated Sparrow |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Common Grackle |
| Rusty Blackbird |
| Orchard Oriole |
| Baltimore Oriole |
| Purple Finch |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |
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