Cox Hall Creek (Villas) WMA - Sunday, October 16th 2011

The bright, windy skies over the Cox Hall Creek (formerly Villas) WMA held Kestrel, Merlin, Sharp-shinned, Cooper's and Red-tailed Hawks as well as a pair of adult Bald Eagles. Yellow-rumped warblers, Northern Flickers and Eastern Phoebes predominated. Other warblers included Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Pine, Palm, Blackpoll and Common Yellow-throat.
50 species

Mute Swan  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  2
Bald Eagle  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  9
Cooper's Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  1
Laughing Gull  1
Herring Gull  1
Mourning Dove  4
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  7
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  17
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  12
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  30
Tree Swallow  3
Carolina Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  7
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  3
House Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1    heard
Eastern Bluebird  14
American Robin  9
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  2
Common Yellowthroat  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  9
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  40
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  5
White-throated Sparrow  3    heard
Northern Cardinal  3
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  17
Common Grackle  15