Spring Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, March 30th, 2013

Interesting birds this morning included 14 fly-over and 4 swimming Wood Ducks, 10 fly-over migrating Great Blue Heron, and 2 Wild Turkey with the male "gobbling" and displaying. Raptors included an adult perched Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2 Osprey, one with a fish, and an adult Bald Eagle. Downy was the most abundant woodpecker with several pairs displaying. Interesting warblers were a Pine Warbler female, Palm Warbler, and 4-5 Yellow-rumps. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Kathy & Roger Horn, and Catherine Busch.
45 species

Canada Goose  30     1 w/whitehead & neck
Wood Duck  18
Gadwall  2
Mallard  8
Blue-winged Teal  1     after walk
Wild Turkey  2
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret  1     flying
Black Vulture  6
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
American Coot  2
Killdeer  8
Wilson's Snipe  1
Herring Gull  1
Mourning Dove  10
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  9
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  8
Tree Swallow  1
Carolina Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  1
House Wren  1     heard
Winter Wren  1
Carolina Wren  10
American Robin  75
Northern Mockingbird  4
Brown Thrasher  2
European Starling  15
Palm Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  6
Eastern Towhee  1     heard
Song Sparrow  12
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  8
Northern Cardinal  6
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  8

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American Coot [Photo by Karl Lukens]