Spring Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Final Spring Migrants at the Rea Farm walk. (Next week, Breeding Birds at the Rea Farm begins.) Somewhat quiet, but we started and ended with an Orchard Oriole at the parking lot. Also a beautiful adult male Baltimore Oriole in the sun and in the scope! Briefly 2 Wood Ducks, a Prothonotary Warbler, and several adult and immature Black-crowned Night-Herons at the "Willow Ponds." Leaders: Karl Lukens, Kathy & Roger Horn, and Catherine Busch.
43 species

Mute Swan  1
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  3
Green Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  4
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  1
Killdeer  1
Laughing Gull  10
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon  3
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  5
Eastern Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  3
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  10
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  3
American Robin  3
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  10
Cedar Waxwing  3
Prothonotary Warbler  2     heard 1 saw 1
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  1
Northern Cardinal  8
Indigo Bunting  6
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  15
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Orchard Oriole  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  5

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

Baltimore Oriole [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Immature Black-crowned Night-Heron [Photo by Karl Lukens]