Under partly cloudy skies and a cool breeze, Cox Hall Creek WMA was hopping with birds for this morning's CMBO walk. A Belted Kingfisher could frequently be heard and was saved from becoming the breakfast of a determined Cooper's Hawk when both streaked toward the crowd of onlookers. Several feeding flocks of warblers held Magnolia, Palm, Pine, Black-and-white and Black-throated Greens, along with Northern Parulas, American Redstarts, Blackpoll, Common Yellowthroats and Red-eyed Vireos. An adult Red-headed Woodpecker perched briefly, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker flitted from tree to tree and raptors (Bald Eagles, Sharp-Shinned and Cooper's Hawks, Merlin, Kestrel, Osprey) were almost constantly in view.
62 species
Canada Goose 14
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 15
Green-winged Teal 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 9
Cooper's Hawk 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 5
Merlin 3
Herring Gull 3
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 2
Belted Kingfisher 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 33
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 57
Tree Swallow 8
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 9
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 18
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 14
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 9
American Redstart 9
Northern Parula 9
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 25
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 4
Pine Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 5
62 species
Canada Goose 14
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 15
Green-winged Teal 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk 9
Cooper's Hawk 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 5
Merlin 3
Herring Gull 3
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 2
Belted Kingfisher 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 33
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 57
Tree Swallow 8
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 9
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 18
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 14
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 9
American Redstart 9
Northern Parula 9
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 25
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 4
Pine Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 5
