If you were out birding anytime this weekend, you probably saw evidence of thrush migration - robins, hermit thrushes, bluebirds. Thousands of these migrated overhead with many putting down to feed. While not as plentiful at CHC as sparrows and goldfinches, there are a lot of Eastern Bluebirds there, calling overhead and decorating the saplings at eye level in various shades of blue. Like robins, bluebirds lose their speckled breasts, which remind us that they're thrushes, with the first molt. Bluebirds can generally be seen at CHC year-round, but they're really easy to find there right now because there are so many of them. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Shaun & Cindy Bamford, Steve Weis, and Deb Payson.
47 species
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 4
Common Loon 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Herring Gull (American) 3
Mourning Dove 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 8
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 25
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 30
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 10
Field Sparrow 3
Vesper Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 17
Swamp Sparrow 23
White-throated Sparrow 20
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 25
Northern Cardinal 7
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 6
House Finch 6
Purple Finch 14
American Goldfinch 32
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