We had two candidate species for "Bird of the Day" at CHC WMA this morning. The Great Crested Flycatchers were begging to be scoped, repeatedly sitting out in the open for us, and scoped they were. The Great Crested Flycatcher is a cavity nester and there are a lot of trees available to them at CHC; but not once did we see a flycatcher at a nest hole. A pair of Orchard Orioles, however, did seem to be working on a nest, repeatedly entering a patch of leaves where they were hidden from view. Orchard Orioles build a pouch of grasses for their nest, typically attaching it to a fork in a tree or shrub. We'll check on their progress next Sunday! Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Shaun Bamford, and Deb Payson.
51 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 4
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Double-crested Cormorant 76
Great Blue Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 5
Herring Gull (American) 3
Forster's Tern 2
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Eastern Kingbird 5
White-eyed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 3
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 2
Cedar Waxwing 9
Pine Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 9
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 3
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