Spring Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, May 5th, 2012

A couple pockets of warblers and great views of a Blackburnian Warbler in a scope. Two Great Crested Flycatchers investigating a tree cavity in the wet woods and numerous calling. Eastern Kingbirds and an Eastern Bluebird on the winery poles and wires. Good looks at 2 Orchard Orioles, one a first year male singing. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Kathy & Roger Horn.
53 species

Canada Goose  3
Mute Swan  1
Mallard  6
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Merlin  2
Killdeer  5
Short-billed Dowitcher  5     fly-over
Laughing Gull  8
Herring Gull  1
Forster's Tern  2
Mourning Dove  8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  1     seen by some
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2     heard
Downy Woodpecker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  6
Eastern Kingbird  6
Red-eyed Vireo  1     heard
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  8
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1     heard
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  5
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10
Black-and-white Warbler  1     heard
Prothonotary Warbler  1     heard-seen by by few
Common Yellowthroat  4
Northern Parula  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  1     heard
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Bobolink  1
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Common Grackle  15
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Orchard Oriole  3
House Finch  1     heard
House Sparrow  1

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

One of a pair of Great Crested Flycatchers inspecting a possible nest cavity [Photo by Karl Lukens]