Karl Lukens reports: CMBO Belleplain Walk. A nice morning in the woods starting with Yellow-throated Warbler and Yellow-billed Cuckoo at the Visitor's Center Parking Lot. Other birds of interest were Hairy Woodpecker, Blue-headed Vireo, Eastern Kingbird, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, and Wood Thrushes singing. Warblers included colorful Yellow Rumps, Prairie and Palm warblers. Warblers heard include Pine, Black and White,Worm-eating, Ovenbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, and Hooded. Also singing and quite visible were Scarlet Tanager, and Baltimore and Orchard Orioles.
After the walk a few of us made a quick trip to Heislerville to meet up with the other CMBO group who had the/a White-faced Ibis in their scopes as we arrived.
- Karl (Jim, Bert, Steve, Tom)
Location: Belleplain State Forest
Observation date: 4/29/10
Notes: CMBO Trip-JA,BH,KL,TP,SW,+6.Clr,55,NW12. RTHummingbird seen by one
Number of species: 57
Canada Goose 6
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 1 before walk
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 visitor center
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 heard
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 2 heard
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1 heard
Fish Crow 4
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 3 heard
American Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Pine Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 2 /p
Palm Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5 heard
Worm-eating Warbler 1 heard
Ovenbird 20 heard
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 heard
Common Yellowthroat 1 heard
Hooded Warbler 1 heard
Scarlet Tanager 1 /p
Eastern Towhee 4 heard
Chipping Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 1 heard
White-throated Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Orchard Oriole 1 /p male singing
Baltimore Oriole 1 male singing
American Goldfinch 6
