Breeding Birds at the Rea Farm - Saturday, June 21st, 2014

If you ever want to learn or reinforce the songs and calls of Indigo Bunting, Yellow-breasted Chat or Field Sparrow, come to the Beanery during the spring or summer. Though the Field Sparrow was visually elusive, the Chat and Buntings could be viewed in the scopes, perched and singing. Prothonotary Warblers were also heard in a few locations throughout the walk and eventually flew straight at us, across a field. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo called a few times also but not a feather of him was seen - typical cuckoo.  Leaders: Kathy Horn & Karl Lukens.
47 species

Mallard  5
Wild Turkey  1
Great Egret  3
Green Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  2
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  1
Laughing Gull  16
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  9
Forster's Tern  3
Mourning Dove  5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  4
Fish Crow  3
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  4
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  9
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  18
Prothonotary Warbler  4     Two seen in flight, 2 heard separately at other locations on property
Common Yellowthroat  6
Yellow-breasted Chat  2
Field Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  6
Indigo Bunting  6
Red-winged Blackbird  14
Common Grackle  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  12
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  8

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

Blue Grosbeak [Photo by Karl Lukens]