Kathy and Roger Horn et. al. report:
Location: Villas WMA
Observation date: 10/24/10
Notes: Most of the birds seen at the Villas WMA this morning were busy feeding in native plants that have re-populated the grounds of this former golf course. Sparrows were abundant, with lots of songs, along with white-crowned and white-throated,savannah, field, chipping and swamp. An orange-crowned warbler was feeding amidst the asters, both kinglet species were present in good voice, and a merlin perched long enough for everyone to get a scope view.
Mostly sunny, 60s, light breeze
Leaders: Kathy & Roger, Doug, Kaitlyn, Cindy & Shaun, Janet, MaryJane & Chuck
Number of species: 53
Snow Goose 5
Canada Goose 25
Wood Duck 8
Double-crested Cormorant 35
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Merlin 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 17
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 12
Eastern Phoebe 11
Blue Jay 125
American Crow 65
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 15
American Robin 150
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 15
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 40
Palm Warbler 20
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 55
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 70
Swamp Sparrow 15
White-throated Sparrow 30
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Northern Cardinal 7
Red-winged Blackbird 75
Rusty Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 550
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 6
Pine Siskin 4
American Goldfinch 65
