Photo: Black-crowned night heron by Derrick Johnson

Hello everyone,

Migration is winding down and we are settling in to enjoy summer with our resident birds. We found an Orchard Oriole nest and we’re looking forward to hosting a larger population of this beautiful bird. A first summer male Orchard Oriole was singing his heart out at the top of a tree – perhaps he was born on the Island last year?

There were three raccoons in the first raccoon tree hole, including one juvenile. Adorable! The White-eyed vireo was still singing in the middle of the island. This special bird has been in residence for three weeks now. We think there may be two birds but we have not yet been able to confirm. There are a few migrant warblers left, and perhaps they’ll decide to spend the summer with us too.

There seemed to be more swallows this week than last week including large numbers of Chimney Swifts and Purple Martins swooshing about.

BIRDERS: Kristin, Mark C., Cheryl, Marian, Mike, Jennie, Miyoko, Eric, Becky, Leslie, Mark W., Jane, Tracy, Rob, Stacey, Monica, Eileen, Barbara and welcome to Emilio, Will, Kim, Kevin, Lisette, Gigi, Neghane and Riya.

TIME: 8:00am to 12:15pm                 

WEATHER: high 50s, sunny, light winds.

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographers: Eric, Tracy and Leslie

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 53

2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 4

3. Mallard   Number observed: 6

4. Chimney Swift   Number observed: 30

5. Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Number observed: 1

6. Killdeer   Number observed: 1

7. Spotted Sandpiper   Number observed: 1

8. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 5

9. Herring Gull   Number observed: 2

10. Double-crested Cormorant   Number observed: 3

11. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 4

12. Green Heron   Number observed: 1

13. Black-crowned Night-Heron   Number observed: 2

14. Cooper's Hawk   Number observed: 1

15. Red-shouldered Hawk   Number observed: 1

16. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

17. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 1

18. Eastern Wood-Pewee   Number observed: 1

19. Willow Flycatcher   Number observed: 1

20. Eastern Kingbird   Number observed: 5

21. White-eyed Vireo   Number observed: 1

22. Warbling Vireo   Number observed: 16

23. Blue Jay   Number observed: 9

24. American Crow   Number observed: 4

25. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 2

26. Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Number observed: 6

27. Purple Martin   Number observed: 29

28. Tree Swallow   Number observed: 3

29. Barn Swallow   Number observed: 17

30. Cliff Swallow   Number observed: 15

31. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Number observed: 5

32. House Wren   Number observed: 6

33. European Starling   Number observed: 13

34. Gray Catbird   Number observed: 6

35. American Robin   Number observed: 11

36. Cedar Waxwing   Number observed: 5

37. House Sparrow   Number observed: 5

38. House Finch   Number observed: 1

39. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 8

40. Chipping Sparrow   Number observed: 1

41. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 2

42. Orchard Oriole   Number observed: 5

43. Baltimore Oriole   Number observed: 9

44. Red-winged Blackbird   Number observed: 16

45. Brown-headed Cowbird   Number observed: 3

46. Common Grackle   Number observed: 1

47. Northern Waterthrush   Number observed: 1

48. Mourning Warbler   Number observed: 2

49. Common Yellowthroat   Number observed: 2

50. American Redstart   Number observed: 5

51. Magnolia Warbler   Number observed: 1

52. Yellow Warbler   Number observed: 21

53. Chestnut-sided Warbler   Number observed: 1

54. Canada Warbler   Number observed: 3

55. Wilson's Warbler   Number observed: 2

56. Scarlet Tanager   Number observed: 2

57. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 9

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