Location: Villas WMA
Observation date: 10/10/10
Notes: Passerines were watching out for their lives at this morning's Villas WMA walk as the good hawk flight of the weekend continued. Rusty blackbirds are back, amidst large flocks of grackles and red-winged blackbirds. And there was no getting away from the constant 'ank,ank' of red-breasted nuthatches in the pine canopies. Yellow-breasted sapsuckers were heard more frequently than seen but the one eating a persimmon put on a good show!(Sunny, low-60's)
Leaders: Kathy & Roger, Janet, Mary Jane & Chuck, Cindy & Shaun
Number of species: 54
Canada Goose 27
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 7
Double-crested Cormorant 19
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14
Cooper's Hawk 6
Broad-winged Hawk 6
American Kestrel 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Killdeer 3
Herring Gull 4
Rock Pigeon 7
Mourning Dove 9
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 26
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 18
American Crow 12
Tree Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 16
Red-breasted Nuthatch 15
Carolina Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 28
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 30
Cedar Waxwing 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 45
Palm Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 9
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Rusty Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 500
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 6
