Thursday, September 28, 2023

Fwd: BBC Thursday walk



"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished" --Lao Tzu

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 28, 2023, 4:13 PM
Subject: Thursday walk
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc: Dennis Hrehowsik


Hi Peter,
Good seeing you today in your mega-TRUCK....
Well, in contrast to last Thursday, today was considerably less birdy, with a clear change in populations....
Instead of 20 species of warblers we had 10  (but one really good one.....) And lots of Palms that were missing from last week, and a good number of White-throated Sparrows and Thrush.

Highlights included:  Connecticut Warbler (in the midwood near the zoo...)  
At least 3 Gray-cheeked Thrush including a very warm "Bicknell's/GC sp" and two cold gray ones from their western breeding range, a very low cooperative Eastern Wood-Pewee, and a number of raptors including Sharpie, Peregrine, and Kestrel; cooperative Scarlet Tanagers and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. A total of 56 species.

Here's the list.

Best regards,
Tom

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Connecticut Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
House Sparrow