Birds of Belleplain State Forest - Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Rather slow both hearing and seeing this morning. However, the Boy Scout Camp area was very good with both adult male Summer and Scarlet Tanagers showing up close and personal. Eastern Bluebird and Blue Grosbeak were also there. Leaders: Bert Hixon, Karl Lukens, and Chris Marks.
46 species

Double-crested Cormorant  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  1
Laughing Gull  10
Herring Gull  2
Mourning Dove  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Acadian Flycatcher  4
Eastern Phoebe  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  1
White-eyed Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  2
Fish Crow  1
Barn Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
American Robin  4
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  2
Cedar Waxwing  5
Worm-eating Warbler  1     heard
Black-and-white Warbler  2     heard
Common Yellowthroat  1     heard
Hooded Warbler  1     heard
Pine Warbler  5
Yellow-throated Warbler  1     heard 1 distant
Prairie Warbler  5
Yellow-breasted Chat  1     heard
Eastern Towhee  4     heard
Chipping Sparrow  3
Summer Tanager  1     /p
Scarlet Tanager  1     /p
Northern Cardinal  5
Blue Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  4
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
American Goldfinch  1

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Red-bellied Woodpecker [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Scarlet Tanager [Photo by Karl Lukens}