BBC walk led by Tom Stephenson
"There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for spring." — Rachel Carson
"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"
David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th
"Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"
David Attenborough
100 years old May 8th
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From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 7, 2026, 5:43 PM
Subject: Thursday
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc:
From: Tom Stephenson <12toms@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, May 7, 2026, 5:43 PM
Subject: Thursday
To: Peter Dorosh <prosbird@gmail.com>
Cc:
Hi Peter,
Given that yesterday was birdless, today was actually really great. It was a really large group, well over 50 people, all enthusiastic...
We had 52 species. Nothing was unusual, but all well seen. Here's the list.
Best regards,
Tom
| Great Blue Heron |
| Green Heron |
| Canada Goose |
| Mute Swan |
| Wood Duck |
| Mallard |
| Cooper's Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Herring Gull |
| Rock Dove |
| Mourning Dove |
| Chimney Swift |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
| Eastern Kingbird |
| Warbling Vireo |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
| Barn Swallow |
| Tufted Titmouse |
| House Wren |
| Veery |
| Wood Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| European Starling |
| Nashville Warbler |
| Northern Parula |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| Cape May Warbler |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Black-and-white Warbler |
| American Redstart |
| Ovenbird |
| Northern Waterthrush |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| Scarlet Tanager |
| White-throated Sparrow |
| Northern Cardinal |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| Indigo Bunting |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Common Grackle |
| Baltimore Oriole |
| American Goldfinch |
| House Sparrow |
