Cox Hall Creek WMA - Sunday, October 18th, 2015

You don't have to cover much ground to see a lot of birds at Cox Hall Creek WMA right now. Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets are suddenly all over and of course there's a steady flow of Yellow-rumped Warblers. CHC WMA is also a good stop-over spot for migratory woodpeckers and home to our non-migratory woodpeckers like Downy, Hairy and Red-bellied. A young (that is not yet red headed) Red-headed Woodpecker perched briefly on a snag for a good view and Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers soft whirr was heard several times; both of these woodpecker species are short-distance migrants and while most of them will continue their southern journey, a few may remain to spend the winter with us. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Janet Crawford, Shaun Bamford, and Karen Johnson.
53 species

Double-crested Cormorant  26
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  4
Cooper's Hawk  2
Bald Eagle  1
Killdeer  1
Herring Gull (American)  3
Mourning Dove  4
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  7
Eastern Phoebe  15
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  6
Tree Swallow  3
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  7
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  5
Golden-crowned Kinglet  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  11
American Robin  11
Gray Catbird  8
Brown Thrasher  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  6
Cedar Waxwing  12
Common Yellowthroat  2
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Palm Warbler (Western)  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  28
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
White-crowned Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  8
Savannah Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  6
Swamp Sparrow  8
Eastern Towhee  3
Northern Cardinal  4
Indigo Bunting  1
Common Grackle  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  17
House Sparrow  5

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