Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, November 17th, 2012

Good variety of raptors with numerous Black and Turkey Vultures overhead. Other birds of interest were 2 Eastern Phoebe, 5 Cave Swallow, 4 American Pipits, and good looks at an adult male Wilson's Warbler. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Kathy & Roger Horn, and Catherine Busch.
48 species

Canada Goose  25
Mallard  4
Northern Shoveler  14
Ring-necked Duck  2
Double-crested Cormorant  20
Great Blue Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Black Vulture  13
Turkey Vulture  25
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Killdeer  1     heard
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Rock Pigeon  5
Mourning Dove  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  5
American Kestrel  1     leader only before walk
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  1     heard
American Crow  35
Cave Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  3
Winter Wren  1
Carolina Wren  3
Eastern Bluebird  2     heard
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  8
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  5
Brown Thrasher  2
European Starling  15
American Pipit  4
Cedar Waxwing  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  8
Wilson's Warbler  1     adult male
Vesper Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  10
Swamp Sparrow  5
White-throated Sparrow  5
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Red-winged Blackbird  50
Common Grackle  30
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  10

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

Vesper Sparrow [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Wilson's Warbler [Photo by Michael Miller]

Cedar Waxwing [Photo by Roger Horn]