Dave Lord et. al. report:
"Thursday Morning's Birds of Belleplain was extraordinary, as we got on a good number of birds, even with all the foliage out. The Acadian Flycatcher showed his camouflage very well at the four corners, a male Orchard Oriole popped up and sang at the concession stand as soon as we were going to walk away, and the Hooded Warbler was glimpsed briefly before heading out. The bird which won the most ooo's and ahhh's would have to be the Prothonatary Warbler, and it wasn't even a male. The female gleaned bugs, and gave us quite a show, and even ate right in front of us at the beaver dam. We finished up this fine morning with a good number of Orchard Orioles chasing each other around on Kubiak Road, while a Baltimore chimed in once or twice."
Location: Belleplain State Forest
Observation date: 5/6/10
Notes: CMBO's Thursday Birds of Belleplain. Jim Armstrong, Bert Hixon, Bill Glazer, Karl Lukens, Tom Parsons, Patty Rourke, David Lord.
Number of species: 47
Canada Goose 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Herring Gull 12
Mourning Dove 11
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Heard
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 FOS for me; Vine St.
Eastern Wood-Pewee 13
Acadian Flycatcher 5 Good looks at corner
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 9
Eastern Kingbird 7
White-eyed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 7
Barn Swallow 13
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 14
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9 Nest located
Wood Thrush 15 All heard
American Robin 16
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Parula 1 Heard at campground bathrooms
Yellow Warbler 1 Seen and heard at Vine St.
Yellow-throated Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 11
Prairie Warbler 5
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Ovenbird 34
Hooded Warbler 4 Seen briefly by me
Summer Tanager 2 Good looks at Sunset and Franks
Scarlet Tanager 1 Heard on New Bridge
Eastern Towhee 14
Chipping Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Orchard Oriole 5
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 3
