E-Z Birding - Tuesday, April 21st, 2015

It was a beautiful spring day for our first E-Z Birding walk of the season. Our group enjoyed multiple views of breeding-plumage Yellow-rumped Warblers along with a single Northern Parula, elusive Pine Warblers, two Palm Warblers and we heard (but did not see) many singing Common Yellowthroats throughout our walk. Other highlights included a few remaining pairs of Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, a close look at a Snowy Egret, and close encounters with a Box Turtle, a Common Water Snake, and an Eastern Rat Snake sunning themselves. Leaders: Catherine Busch, Chris Marks, and Lynne & Marc Breslow.
47 species

Canada Goose  22
Mute Swan  10
Gadwall  4
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  4
Blue-winged Teal  2
Green-winged Teal  8
Double-crested Cormorant  44
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  4
Cooper's Hawk  1
Killdeer  2
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  8
Forster's Tern  8
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay  1
Fish Crow  4
Purple Martin  36
Tree Swallow  14
Barn Swallow  4
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  12
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  X
Common Yellowthroat  10
Northern Parula  1
Palm Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  22
Eastern Towhee  2
Chipping Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  10
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22983203

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