Breeding Birds at the Rea Farm - Saturday, June 18, 2016

No doubt about it - the Prothonotary Warbler was the star of this morning's walk. Hearing it call as it approached from deep within the wet woods, then seeing it come into view and feed for several minutes all around us was a real treat. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo also put on a bit of a show but it's goal seemed to be to let us see it bit by bit, repeatedly, then imagine what the whole bird looked like!
45 species

Wood Duck  2
Mallard  3
Common Loon  1
Great Egret  1
Green Heron  3
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Laughing Gull  14
Herring Gull (American)  2
Forster's Tern  3
Black Skimmer  1
Mourning Dove  2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  3
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  1
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  13
Prothonotary Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  2
Northern Cardinal  6
Blue Grosbeak  3
Indigo Bunting  5
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  9
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Orchard Oriole  1
House Finch  4
House Sparrow  4

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

Blue Grosbeak [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Yellow-billed Cuckoo [Photo by Karl Lukens]