Spring Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, April 21, 2012

Several first of the year birds were seen this morning including a singing male Blue Grosbeak, 2 Eastern Kingbirds, 2 Green Heron, a Red-eyed Vireo. Butterflies included Question Mark, Painted Lady, and Pearl Crescent. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Kathy & Roger Horn, and Catherine Busch.
42 species

Canada Goose  8
Wood Duck  2     fly over
Mallard  10
Double-crested Cormorant  75
Snowy Egret  2
Green Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  5
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  2
Laughing Gull  8
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  1     heard
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Eastern Kingbird  2     /p
White-eyed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  10
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  2
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Prothonotary Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler  10
Song Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  5
Northern Cardinal  8
Blue Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Eastern Kingbird [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Blue Grosbeak [Photo by Roger Horn]