Photo: Hairy woodpecker by Lia Bocchiaro

Hello everyone,

Wow, we found 50 species today for the first time in a long time! The Ruby-crowned Kinglets have taken over from the Golden-crowned and they were showing off their gorgeous red crowns. We had our first of year Warbling Vireo. The Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were very noisy and plentiful. We had one female Hooded Merganser on a log in the lagoon, hanging out near a pair of snoozing Red-breasted Mergansers. The number of Purple Martins is increasing and I expect we’ll see more next week. We also spotted three Blue Jays, which is a common bird that’s not very common in our neck of the woods.

The highlight of the day was a flyover juvenile Bald Eagle who was soaring beautifully on its way north. It’s always a big deal when we see an eagle!

BIRDERS: Kristin, Marian, Jennie, Mike, Luther, Cheryl, Lucy, Paul, Dennis, Caterina, Bruce, Julia, Gary, Roger, Tracy, Renate, Pat, Mark C., Mark W. and welcome to Craig, Louise and Anisha.

TIME: 8:00am to 11:05am     

WEATHER: High 30s, sunny, beautiful clear blue sky

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographers: Mike, Jennie

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 18

2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 6

3. Blue-winged Teal   Number observed: 3

4. Mallard   Number observed: 9

5. Hooded Merganser   Number observed: 1

6. Red-breasted Merganser   Number observed: 2

7. Chimney Swift   Number observed: 3

8. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 4

9. Herring Gull   Number observed: 1

10. Caspian Tern   Number observed: 3

11. Black-crowned Night Heron   Number observed: 1

12. Cooper's Hawk   Number observed: 1

13. Bald Eagle   Number observed: 1

14. Belted Kingfisher   Number observed: 1

15. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Number observed: 5

16. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 5

17. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 3

18. Eastern Phoebe   Number observed: 1

19. Warbling Vireo   Number observed: 1

20. Blue Jay   Number observed: 3

21. American Crow   Number observed: 3

22. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 4

23. Tree Swallow   Number observed: 3

24. Purple Martin   Number observed: 4

25. Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Number observed: 3

26. Barn Swallow   Number observed: 4

27. Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 9

28. Brown Creeper   Number observed: 2

29. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Number observed: 7

30. Winter Wren   Number observed: 1

31. European Starling   Number observed: 6

32. Brown Thrasher   Number observed: 2

33. Hermit Thrush   Number observed: 2

34. American Robin   Number observed: 15

35. House Sparrow   Number observed: 3

36. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 5

37. Chipping Sparrow   Number observed: 1

38. Dark-eyed Junco   Number observed: 4

39. White-throated Sparrow   Number observed: 6

40. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 2

41. Swamp Sparrow   Number observed: 1

42. Eastern Towhee   Number observed: 1

43. Baltimore Oriole   Number observed: 2

44. Red-winged Blackbird   Number observed: 14

45. Brown-headed Cowbird   Number observed: 2

46. Common Grackle   Number observed: 3

47. Northern Waterthrush   Number observed: 1

48. Palm Warbler   Number observed: 6

49. Yellow-rumped Warbler   Number observed: 7

50. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 5

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