Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, September 29th, 2012

Group 1:  Slow starting but several areas of good birds including 3 Bald Eagles, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 3 Empidonax flycatchers, 10 species of warbler and the highlight, a Gray-cheeked Thrush in good view. An American Kestrel also sat up for all to see. Leaders: Karl Lukens and Catherine Busch.
62 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  8
Wood Duck  1
Mallard  5
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  8
Osprey  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  5
Cooper's Hawk  3
Bald Eagle  3
Killdeer  1
Greater Yellowlegs  8
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Rock Pigeon  5
Mourning Dove  15
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Chimney Swift  4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  20
American Kestrel  3
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
Alder Flycatcher  1
Least Flycatcher  1
Empidonax sp.  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  30
American Crow  10
Tree Swallow  10
Carolina Chickadee  5
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  5
Veery  1
Gray-cheeked Thrush  1
Gray Catbird  10
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  100
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  6
American Redstart  4
Northern Parula  4
Magnolia Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  15
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Indigo Bunting  3
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Baltimore Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  1

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American Kestrel [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Group 2:  Following an overnight influx of birds, the Beanery was loaded with Palm Warblers, Common Yellowthroats and Catbirds. There was also a good mix of other birds, including Blackpoll, Magnolia Warbler, Northern Parula and Black-throated Green and Black-throated Blue Warblers. Wood Ducks and Black-crowned Night Herons were cooperative on the pond. We were also treated to great scope views of a perched Yellow-throated Vireo. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn
70 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck  5
Mallard  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  4
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  7
Osprey  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  3
Cooper's Hawk  7
Bald Eagle  3
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Common Gallinule  1
Killdeer  2
Herring Gull (American)  3
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Rock Pigeon  7
Mourning Dove  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  5
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  6
American Kestrel  4
Merlin  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)  2    dark-backed, long-billed, no eyering, plain breast
Eastern Phoebe  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay  9
American Crow  12
Tree Swallow  30
Carolina Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Carolina Wren  8
American Robin  5
Gray Catbird  20
Northern Mockingbird  1
Brown Thrasher  2
European Starling  58
Northern Waterthrush  1    heard
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  30
American Redstart  5
Northern Parula  2
Magnolia Warbler  2
Blackpoll Warbler  12
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Palm Warbler (Western)  45
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Chipping Sparrow  2
Field Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  5
Red-winged Blackbird  16
Common Grackle  4
Baltimore Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  2

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Brown Thrasher [Photo by Roger Horn]
Common Gallinule [Photo by Roger Horn]