Cox Hall Creek WMA - Sunday, October 12th, 2014

An Eagle chasing an Osprey, a Coop chasing a Sharpie, a Sharpie going for a Flicker - there was a lot of action at CHC WMA today. More sedate than those though were the many Eastern Phoebes with gently bobbing tails that could be seen throughout the WMA. Many were 'birds of the year' - this year's 'hatch birds' - denoted by the light wash of yellow on the chest and belly. An early migrant often seen as a herald of spring, the phoebe is also a late migrant in the fall. Unlike other flycatchers, the Eastern Phoebe is fairly easy to identify with the bobbing tail, dark head, lack of eye ring and faint or absent wing bars.

Group 1 Leaders: Kathy Horn, Shaun Bamford, and Deb Payson.
51 species

Canada Goose  22
Mallard  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  6
Cooper's Hawk  2
Bald Eagle  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Herring Gull (American)  1
Mourning Dove  20
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  22
Eastern Phoebe  15
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  25
American Crow  11
Tree Swallow  3
Carolina Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  10
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  6
Golden-crowned Kinglet  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Eastern Bluebird  3
American Robin  12
Gray Catbird  14
Brown Thrasher  2
Cedar Waxwing  4
Common Yellowthroat  13
Northern Parula  2
Palm Warbler  8
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  20
Prairie Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  6
Chipping Sparrow  2
Field Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  38
White-throated Sparrow  23
Northern Cardinal  3
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Grackle  4
Purple Finch  4
American Goldfinch  18

Group 2 Leaders: Roger Horn, Steve Weis, and Cindy Bamford.
42 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck  5
Mallard  27
Great Blue Heron  1
Osprey  6
Sharp-shinned Hawk  5
Cooper's Hawk  3
Bald Eagle  5
Herring Gull (American)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  7
Belted Kingfisher  1     heard only
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  35
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  15
Blue Jay  47
American Crow  29
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  4
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
American Robin  6
Gray Catbird  11
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  3
Cedar Waxwing  15
Common Yellowthroat  3
Palm Warbler (Western)  6
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  59
Eastern Towhee  12
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  40
White-throated Sparrow  30
Northern Cardinal  2
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  5
American Goldfinch  14

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

Eastern Phoebe [Photo by Roger Horn]