Photo: Mallard by Chris Miller

Hello everyone,

It was another lovely fall morning. Great Blue Herons were everywhere and one even flew in and landed right in front of us! I guess it wanted to say hello. A late Orange-crowned Warbler was a nice treat, but the biggest surprise of the day was the appearance of three Eastern Bluebirds. We have been lamenting the fact that we have seen very few bluebirds this year so their appearance was a delightful surprise.

The Wood Ducks have regrown their feathers after their annual molt and were looking stunning. We had fun watching a great glorious group of gorgeous goldfinches greedily gobbling and gorging on thistle.

BIRDERS: Elaine, Kristin, Nathan, Marian, Cheryl, Mike, Jennie, Roger, Mark C., Meghana, Tyler, Paul, Marisa, Pam, Meghan, Renate, Bruce

TIME: 8:00am to 11:35am     

WEATHER: 46 degrees, mostly cloudy, becoming sunny

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographer: Marisa

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 161

2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 8

3. Mallard   Number observed: 2

4. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)   Number observed: 2

5. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 6

6. Great Egret   Number observed: 3

7. Black-crowned Night-Heron   Number observed: 1

8. Cooper's Hawk   Number observed: 1

9. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

10. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 2

11. Eastern Phoebe   Number observed: 1

12. Blue Jay   Number observed: 1

13. American Crow  Number observed: 2

14. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 6

15. Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 7

16. Golden-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 6

17. White-breasted Nuthatch   Number observed: 1

18. Winter Wren   Number observed: 1

19. European Starling   Number observed: 12

20. Gray Catbird   Number observed: 1

21. Eastern Bluebird   Number observed: 3

22. Hermit Thrush   Number observed: 5

23. Wood Thrush   Number observed: 1

24. American Robin   Number observed: 17

25. House Sparrow   Number observed: 3

26. House Finch   Number observed: 1

27. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 4

28. American Tree Sparrow   Number observed: 4

29. Fox Sparrow   Number observed: 1

30. White-crowned Sparrow   Number observed: 2

31. White-throated Sparrow   Number observed: 15

32. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 2

33. Swamp Sparrow   Number observed: 2

34. Red-winged Blackbird   Number observed: 1

35. Common Grackle   Number observed: 1

36. Orange-crowned Warbler   Number observed: 1

37. Yellow-rumped Warbler   Number observed: 3

38. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 3  

If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/

Corrections, additions and comments are welcome.

Good birding everyone,

Jennie