Dave Lord et. al. report:
"Today's walk had everything fall in its favor, including great participants, great birds, and beautiful weather. 8 species of warbler were seen, and many were lifers for the particpants. An Ovenbird was seen through a scope (!), two Pine Warblers did an aggression display right in front of the group, and Prairie Warblers are now back at Vine Street, with up to 8 scoping out potential territories."
Location: Belleplain State Forest
Observation date: 4/20/10
Notes: Hidden Corners of Belleplain. Karen Johnson, Janet Crawford, and Dave Lord, Bert Hixon.
Number of species: 42
Canada Goose 3
Wild Turkey 1
Double-crested Cormorant 80 fly-by
Black Vulture 16 kettling over vine street
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 1 Flyby at New Bridge Road
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Laughing Gull 7 Heard
Ring-billed Gull 15
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 5
White-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 9
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 15
Tufted Titmouse 23
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Heard at entrance to nummy's lake
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9
American Robin 16
Brown Thrasher 2
Yellow-throated Warbler 8
Pine Warbler 10
Prairie Warbler 6 Back at Vine St.; don't sit still long
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Ovenbird 3 Seen through scope!
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Heard
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 4 Heard
Chipping Sparrow 14
Field Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 65
Common Grackle 14
American Goldfinch 11
