Field Trip Reports: Spring Migrants at the Rea Farm

Good birding! Lots of Great Crested Flycatchers, plus Indigo Buntings and Blue Grosbeaks. Only a few warblers, i.e., Yellow-rumped, Northern Parula, and Common Yellowthroats. We had a nice view of three Mississippi Kites and a Bald Eagle overhead, and we also had good looks at Prothonotary Warblers at the Willow Pond. Leaders: Group 1 - Karl Lukens and Warren Cairo. Group 2 -Louise Zemaitis, Carrie Bell, Deb Payson, and Claudia Burns.
51 species

Canada Goose 15
Mallard 4
Great Egret 1
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 2
Mississippi Kite 3
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 20
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 heard
Chimney Swift 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 10
Eastern Kingbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 6
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Field Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 1
House Sparrow 2

This morning's bright sun really brought out the birds following yesterday's dark & stormy weather. Though some birds were 'heard only', the group got great looks at Indigo Bunting, Northern Waterthrush, Mississippi Kite , & Northern Parula with Prothonotary and Blackpoll Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat and Yellow-billed Cuckoo in the scopes! Leaders: Group 3 - Kathy & Roger Horn, and Catherine Busch.
70 species

Canada Goose 7
Mallard 9
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Black Vulture 4
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2
Mississippi Kite 3
Bald Eagle 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Semipalmated Plover 7
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Wilson's Snipe 2
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull (American) 4
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Forster's Tern 2
Mourning Dove 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 20
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Eastern Kingbird 5
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Purple Martin 9
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 9
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 8
Northern Waterthrush 2
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 7
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 5
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 7
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 4

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