All four of the "Blues Brothers" showed up for this morning's walk: Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Blue Bird and Blue Jay. After yesterday's heavy rainstorms, we luxuriated in the sound of morning song that included Wood Thrush, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Pine Warbler, Chipping and Field Sparrows, Orchard Oriole and Great Crested Flycatcher. Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford, Shaun Bamford, & Cindy Bamford.
Number of Taxa: 50
3 Canada Goose
14 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Egret
2 Turkey Vulture
3 Osprey (carolinensis)
1 Red-tailed Hawk
15 Laughing Gull
2 Forster's Tern
3 Mourning Dove
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
4 Great Crested Flycatcher
5 Eastern Kingbird
3 White-eyed Vireo
3 Blue Jay
2 Fish Crow
4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4 Tree Swallow
5 Barn Swallow
2 Carolina Chickadee
3 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)
6 Carolina Wren
3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2 Eastern Bluebird
2 Wood Thrush
3 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
3 European Starling
9 Cedar Waxwing
1 Ovenbird
1 Prothonotary Warbler
3 Common Yellowthroat
2 Pine Warbler
5 Chipping Sparrow
4 Field Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
7 Northern Cardinal
8 Blue Grosbeak
6 Indigo Bunting
7 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)
7 Common Grackle (Purple)
6 Brown-headed Cowbird
4 Orchard Oriole
5 House Finch
2 American Goldfinch
