Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, September 24th, 2016

The birding at the Rea Farm this morning started in the parking lot as American Kestrels and Northern Flickers streamed overhead. Indigo Buntings, which breed here in good number, have really thinned out with only one heard during our walk. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, the only hummingbirds that breed east of the Mississippi, are still moving through on their way to the tropics.
Group 1 Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, and Deb Payson.
38 species

Canada Goose  75
Mallard  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Snowy Egret  5
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey  4
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Laughing Gull  4
Herring Gull (American)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  26
American Kestrel  28
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
White-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  3
Tree Swallow  40
Carolina Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  6
Gray Catbird  6
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  55
Northern Waterthrush  1
American Redstart  2
Palm Warbler (Western)  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Indigo Bunting  1
Common Grackle  3

Group 2 Leaders: Karl Lukens, Kyle Chelius, and Michael McCabe.
32 species

Canada Goose  18
Wood Duck  5
Great Egret  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  4
Sharp-shinned Hawk  5
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  1
Laughing Gull  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  10
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2     heard
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  15
American Kestrel  32
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
American Crow  20
Carolina Wren  5     heard
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  15
American Redstart  4
Palm Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  5
House Sparrow  1

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

Wood Ducks [Photo by Karl Lukens]