Migrants 'just in' and seen on today's walk include Swamp and White-throated Sparrow, Broad-wing Hawk and lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers. We had particularly good looks at American Kestrels, both perched and hovering over the field. After seeing a Hairy Woodpecker hard at work on a snag, one participant asked if Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers occupy the same feeding niche. Good question, since they're often seen in close proximity to each other. Hairy Woodpeckers though, tend to work the trunks and larger tree branches for their food; you'll never see them on a reed. Downies primarily use smaller branches for feeding and it's not at all unusual to see and hear them tapping away on weeds, grasses and cattails. Group 1 Leaders: Karl Lukens, Deb Payson, and Carrie Bell.
40 species
Canada Goose 200
Mallard 7
Wild Turkey 14
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 2
Snowy Egret 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper's Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 12
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 10
American Kestrel 4
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 7
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 10
Tree Swallow 25
Carolina Wren 3
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 35
Northern Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 2
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 1
Group 2 Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn
42 species
Canada Goose 9
Wild Turkey 14
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Cooper's Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 5
Mourning Dove 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 9
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 2
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 32
Cedar Waxwing 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 25
White-throated Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 3
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 7
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 2
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