Despite a day that felt more winter than spring, it sounded like spring at the
State Park this morning. Red-winged Blackbirds are singing constantly as they
set up and claim their territories and Yellow-rumped Warbler chips provide an
almost constant background sound. There's still a good variety of ducks in the
park, and an Osprey and a Great Egret supplied evidence of the slowly - as
always in March, at least to us birders - progressing season. Come on,
Spring!
Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn
Number of Taxa: 40
8 Canada Goose
8 Mute Swan
6 Northern Shoveler
35 Gadwall
8 Mallard
2 American Black Duck
48 Green-winged Teal (American)
14 Bufflehead
7 Hooded Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Wild Turkey
2 Northern Gannet
3 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Egret
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey (carolinensis)
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Killdeer
4 Herring Gull (American)
3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
1 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
1 Fish Crow
3 Carolina Chickadee
7 Carolina Wren
16 American Robin
3 Northern Mockingbird
7 European Starling
25 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
2 Field Sparrow
3 White-throated Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
7 Northern Cardinal
15 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)
2 Common Grackle
3 House Finch
8 Mute Swan
6 Northern Shoveler
35 Gadwall
8 Mallard
2 American Black Duck
48 Green-winged Teal (American)
14 Bufflehead
7 Hooded Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Wild Turkey
2 Northern Gannet
3 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Egret
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey (carolinensis)
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Killdeer
4 Herring Gull (American)
3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
1 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
1 Fish Crow
3 Carolina Chickadee
7 Carolina Wren
16 American Robin
3 Northern Mockingbird
7 European Starling
25 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
2 Field Sparrow
3 White-throated Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
7 Northern Cardinal
15 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)
2 Common Grackle
3 House Finch
