Cox Hall Creek (Villas) WMA - Sunday, September 25th 2011

Cox Hall Creek (Villas) WMA was hot this morning with early complaints of warbler-neck not far from the parking lot. Yellow-throated, Northern Parula, Blackpoll, American Redstart, Black-and-white, Palm, Common Yellowthroat and Pine Warblers flitted among the leaves of the tall oaks and in the grasses while Merlins and an Osprey perched on snags. Also of interest were three Yellow-billed Cuckoos, a juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker (that we hope stays the winter), an adult Bald Eagle and an Eastern Phoebe.

51 species

 

Canada Goose  6
American Black Duck  4
Mallard  57
Double-crested Cormorant  13
Osprey  2
Bald Eagle  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Merlin  2
Herring Gull (American)  6
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  3
Chimney Swift  2
Red-headed Woodpecker  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  9
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  11
Eastern Phoebe  1
Red-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay  15
American Crow  12
Fish Crow  2
Carolina Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  9
White-breasted Nuthatch  5   

Carolina Wren  4
House Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  9   

American Robin  8
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  18
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  5
Northern Parula  2
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Palm Warbler (Western)  3
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-throated Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Indigo Bunting  1    heard only
Bobolink  15    overhead
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Common Grackle  2
House Finch  2