Observation date: 6/4/11
Notes: CMBO Breeding Birds at the Rea Farm -KL,K&RH,WC,+8.Clr,65°,NW5.
Good flurry of raptors including one Broad-winged Hawk and four Mississippi Kites. Also got the "Blues Brothers" Indigo Bunting, Blue Grosbeak and Eastern Bluebird. Good views of a least four Yellow-billed Cuckoos.
Number of species: 49
Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 5
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Glossy Ibis 6
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 1
Mississippi Kite 4
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Laughing Gull 5
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4
Chimney Swift 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 5
Blue Jay 2 heard
American Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 4
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 10
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 3
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Black-crowned Night Herons continue to lurk in the willows at the Rea Farm and occasionally pop out to look at our groups [Photo by Karl Lukens]
Indigo Buntings in fine breeding plumage are a feature of the Rea Farm during the heady days of summer [photo by Roger Horn].
Small Copper at the Rea Farm. Though often called American Copper over here, the population on the east coast of the USA was almost certainly introduced from Europe during colonial times. It more closely resembles European individuals than North American ones from further north and west and is primarily found in disturbed, artifical habitats, where its larvae feed on the introduced Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella).
