Something's changed at the State Park - Purple Martins have fledged! Young birds can now be seen congregating in flocks here and there, chattering and begging for food whenever an adult flies by. This species, that supports a multi-million dollar housing industry, is the largest breeding swallow in North America. By the end of summer these aerial insectivores will stage (gather) in huge flocks before flying south to their wintering grounds, mostly in the Amazon Basin of South America. Watch out, Dragonflies! Leaders: Kathy Horn, Karl Lukens, and Cindy Bamford.
55 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 29
Mallard 36
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 7
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Oystercatcher 6
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Least Sandpiper 15
Laughing Gull 180
Herring Gull (American) 2
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 4
Common Tern 6
Forster's Tern 18
Sterna sp. 40
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 7
Mourning Dove 22
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Purple Martin 55
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 32
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 12
Cedar Waxwing 15
Common Yellowthroat 6
Yellow Warbler 5
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
