Karl Lukens et. al. report:
Location: Villas WMA
Observation date: 9/26/10
Notes: CMBO Trip-KL,JC,DL,L&MB,+12.PtlySun,68,NE6. Good raptors this morning including a crow biting the wing of a merlin coming in to perch in the "crow's tree". Had an Eagle and an Osprey with a fish encounter - the osprey kept the fish.Nice looks at 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, and a small flock of warblers.
Number of species: 42
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 5
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 6
Bald Eagle 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 3
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 8
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 15
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 15
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 20
Yellow Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Bobolink 20
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 2
