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From: Adelia Honeywood <honeywood5@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, May 11, 2023
Subject: Bashakill Trip Report
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Led by Adelia Harrison and Carl Biers
Hi Peter,
There were 8 of us for a great day at Bashakill on Tuesday. The weather was perfect and we got 65 species. (On the way home I saw a Sandhill Crane flying over, but it didn't make the trip list).
The water in the Bashakill was very high so we didn't see the wading birds we would expect. The Common Gallinules barked and laughed at us but didn't once show themselves. We occasionally heard a squealing Virginia Rail, but no sightings. We did not see or hear any bitterns or sora.
There wasn't a wide variety of warblers, nor very high numbers, and many passerines, such as the flycatchers, were pretty quiet. But there were many singing and showing Yellow-throated Vireos, and even a couple carrying nesting material.
Michele gets the spotter and hearer of the day award. She spotted for us a very quiet Wilson's Warbler, a silent Canada Warbler, and a Blue-winged Warbler, as well as visually spotted a pair of the very loud Cerulean Warblers we were hearing. She also first heard the Black-throated Green, and heard and spotted for us a Brown Thrasher.
Other nesters we saw were a pair of Black-capped Chickadees cleaning out a nest cavity, a pair of Bald Eagles on a nest (the young were there but we couldn't see them) and several pairs of nesting Tree Swallows.
Please see photos attached and credit Barbara Schelkle and Jeremy Nadel for their excellent photos! Their names are in the file. Valerie, if you have any photos, please send them along
Here's the list:
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
Brown Thrasher
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
Common Grackle
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Green Heron
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Wren
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
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