Speckled & streaked breasted birds of the year - Eastern Bluebirds, American Robins & Cedar Waxwings - were seen at close range during this morning's first-of-season Villas WMA walk. Yellow & Pine Warblers, Indigo Buntings & Orchard Oriole added color to the overcast morning.
(K&R Horn, C&S Bamford, MJ & C Slugg, J Crawford)
Location: Villas WMA
Observation date: 8/15/10
Number of species: 45
Mallard 9
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1 heard
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 4
Cooper's Hawk 2
Laughing Gull 6
Mourning Dove 17
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 heard
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 heard
Eastern Kingbird 8
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 4
Purple Martin 27
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 8
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 heard
Eastern Bluebird 5
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 21 mix of juv & adult
Yellow Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 9
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 15
