Spring Migrants at The Rea Farm - Saturday, April 30th, 2016

It sounds as if there may be three pair of Prothonotary Warblers breeding at the Rea Farm this year, based on the three separate males we heard singing and caught brief glimpses of in wet woods areas. A Black-crowned Night-Heron was doing it's best to remain hidden but that didn't work so well once we got the scope on him. The Eastern Kingbird was a first-of-season for many of us and the pond provided great views of many Rough-winged and a few Barn Swallows feeding low over the water. Access to the Rea Farm is a privilege of membership so, Members, be sure to stop in at the Northwood Center and pick up your Rea Farm sticker - and Thank You! Leaders : Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Karl Lukens, Kyle Chelius, and Michael McCabe.
48 species

Canada Goose  8
Mallard  8
Wild Turkey  1
Common Loon  4
Great Egret  2
Green Heron  3     Seen well in flight,  one called
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey  2
Piping Plover  0
Killdeer  1
Bonaparte's Gull  0
Laughing Gull  6
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull (American)  6
Forster's Tern  1
Mourning Dove  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
White-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  18
Tree Swallow  8
Barn Swallow  12
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
American Robin  4
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  20
Prothonotary Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  8
Yellow Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6
White-throated Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Northern Cardinal  8
Red-winged Blackbird  7
Common Grackle  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
House Sparrow  1

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