Breeding Birds at the Rea Farm - Saturday, June 13th, 2015

Like any place you bird repeatedly, the Beanery changes week-to-week. Some of  the changes are fairly predictable, based on things we know about birds' natural history, but others are not. This week, the Downy Woodpecker nestlings, seen and heard the last two weeks, were no longer in the nest hole; an adult was still in the 'neighborhood' but there was no sign of the fledglings. The adult Black-crowned Night Heron was still putting on a show at the pond, still with it's breeding plume hanging elegantly down it's back. We had wonderful looks at multiple Indigo Buntings but neither saw nor heard the usually-faithful Blue Grosbeaks. The real surprise though was when, in the parking lot, at the very end of the walk, Mississippi Kites showed up AGAIN, at the very same time as last week. Except this week, most of the participants were still there and got to see them - a much better ending for the walk! Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Karl Lukens, Deb Payson, and Carrie Bell.
45 species

Mallard  4
Great Egret  5
Green Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  3
Glossy Ibis  2
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  1
Mississippi Kite  3
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Killdeer  2
Laughing Gull  28
Herring Gull (American)  2
Forster's Tern  1
Mourning Dove  4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
White-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
Purple Martin  4
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  3
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  4
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  6
Cedar Waxwing  2
Prothonotary Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
Prairie Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  6
Indigo Bunting  9
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Common Grackle  7
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
House Finch  1
House Sparrow  7

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

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

Indigo Bunting [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Mississippi Kite [Photo by Karl Lukens]