Spring Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, April 23rd, 2016

Prothonotary Warblers are back at the Rea Farm and will hopefully stay there to breed. Two males were singing in two of the wet woods areas; they looked especially bright in the gray morning light. Formerly called "Golden Swamp Warblers," Prothonotaries are the only cavity nesting warblers in the East; the excellent habitat at the Rea Farm provides plenty of cavity choices. Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Karl Lukens, Kyle Chelius, Michael McCabe, and Barb Bassett.
40 species

Canada Goose  24
Mallard  8
Wild Turkey  7
Double-crested Cormorant  25
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Killdeer  1
Laughing Gull  16
Herring Gull (American)  8
Forster's Tern  3
Mourning Dove  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  3
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  3
Purple Martin  1
Tree Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
American Robin  9
Gray Catbird  4
Brown Thrasher  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  12
Prothonotary Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
Northern Parula  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  12
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  14
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  6
Red-winged Blackbird  9
Common Grackle  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  6

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Prothonotary Warbler [Photo by Kathy Horn]