A Meadows Afternoon - Friday, September 28, 2018


32 species

Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  6
Blue-winged Teal  6
Northern Shoveler  6
Mallard  8
American Black Duck  1
Green-winged Teal  6
Black Scoter  3
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Laughing Gull  20
Ring-billed Gull  1
Lesser Black-backed Gull  6
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  2
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  4
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  4
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Blue Jay  3
Fish Crow  2
Tree Swallow  10
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
Palm Warbler  2


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Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, September 28, 2018


Leaders: Kathy and Roger Horn, Mary Watkins, Chris and Gerry Dewaghe
29 species (+2 other taxa)

Black Scoter  1
Mourning Dove  9
Common Nighthawk  1
Chimney Swift  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Laughing Gull  30
Herring Gull (American)  20
Great Black-backed Gull  1
gull sp.  120
Royal Tern  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8
Merlin (Taiga)  3
Empidonax sp.  1
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  61
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren (Northern)  6
Gray Catbird  3
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group)  3
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  2
Palm Warbler (Western)  2
Northern Cardinal  4
Indigo Bunting  1

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EZ Birding - Thursday, September 27, 2018


55 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  12
Mallard  15
Wild Turkey  8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Laughing Gull  1
Herring Gull  3
Great Black-backed Gull  7
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  6
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  14
Cooper's Hawk  13
Bald Eagle  1
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  5
American Kestrel  2
Merlin  4
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  89
American Crow  1
Tree Swallow  340
Carolina Chickadee  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  5
Carolina Wren  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Gray Catbird  10
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  1
Cedar Waxwing  6
American Goldfinch  5
Field Sparrow  1
Bobolink  1
Red-winged Blackbird  7
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  2
Cape May Warbler  2
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  4
Indigo Bunting  1
Dickcissel  1

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Twilight Walk at the Meadows - Wednesday, September 26, 2018


36 species

Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  8
Blue-winged Teal  15
Northern Shoveler  7
Mallard  35
Northern Pintail  5
Green-winged Teal  15
Black Scoter  15
Mourning Dove  6
Virginia Rail  3
American Oystercatcher  2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Laughing Gull  6
Herring Gull  5
Lesser Black-backed Gull  6
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Royal Tern  4
Double-crested Cormorant  9
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  2
Northern Flicker  6
Merlin  9
Peregrine Falcon  3
Carolina Wren  3
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  42
Cedar Waxwing  8
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  2
Red-winged Blackbird  7
Common Yellowthroat  3
House Sparrow  3

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Migration at the Point - Tuesday, September 25, 2018


Due to windy conditions, we chose to walk the state park.  Good raptor flight, including 9 Merlins! Still a few warblers around.

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Mary Watkins ,Bernie Hodgson,  Jessica Schera-Scullion
53 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  27
Mute Swan  36
Blue-winged Teal  3
Mallard  19
Wild Turkey  8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8
Mourning Dove  6
Common Gallinule  1
shorebird sp.  4
Parasitic Jaeger  2
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  22
Great Black-backed Gull  11
Forster's Tern  15
Royal Tern  2
Northern Gannet  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Brown Pelican  2
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  3
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  9
Peregrine Falcon  2
Blue Jay  7
Fish Crow  1
Tree Swallow  18
Carolina Chickadee  6
Carolina Wren  5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  4
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  4
Bobolink  12
Red-winged Blackbird  63
Common Grackle  6
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  5
Prairie Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Indigo Bunting  1

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Above Par Birding at Cox Hall Creek WMA - Sunday, September 23rd, 2018

It was a drizzly, birdy day this Sunday Morning at Cox Hall Creek WMA.  A Rose-breasted Grosbeak munched on sumac seeds in a field below eye level for quite some time. Warblers were present in good numbers, moving around in mixed flocks, and we had both White and Red-breasted Nuthatches.

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford, Cindy Bamford
45 species

6 Mallard
2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
5 Mourning Dove
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Herring Gull (American)
1 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
2 Osprey (carolinensis)
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Bald Eagle
6 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)
11 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
4 Merlin
1 Eastern Phoebe
4 Red-eyed Vireo
18 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
1 Tree Swallow
2 Carolina Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)
6 Carolina Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
7 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
3 Brown Thrasher
2 Northern Mockingbird
1 Cedar Waxwing
100 Red-winged Blackbird
9 Brown-headed Cowbird
3 Common Grackle
3 Black-and-white Warbler
10 Common Yellowthroat
4 American Redstart
4 Northern Parula
7 Palm Warbler (Western)
6 Pine Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
8 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
 

Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, September 22nd, 2018

Leaders: Kathy Horn,  Roger Horn, Michael McCabe
37 species

55 Canada Goose
1 Wood Duck
8 Mallard
4 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
4 Mourning Dove
3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Greater Yellowlegs
3 Laughing Gull
1 Herring Gull (American)
2 Double-crested Cormorant
7 Great Egret
1 Black Vulture
2 Turkey Vulture
2 Osprey (carolinensis)
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
5 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)
1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Red-eyed Vireo
5 Blue Jay
4 American Crow
2 Fish Crow
1 Tree Swallow
1 Carolina Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
7 Carolina Wren
4 American Robin
3 Gray Catbird
2 Northern Mockingbird
13 European Starling
1 Field Sparrow
4 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)
4 Common Grackle
1 American Redstart
4 Palm Warbler (Western)
3 Northern Cardinal

Hawks, Trails, and Beach - Saturday, September 22, 2018


31 species

Canada Goose  6
Mute Swan  4
Blue-winged Teal  1
Mallard  6
Wild Turkey  8
Mourning Dove  3
Laughing Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  11
Royal Tern  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  3
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  15
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  3
Cooper's Hawk  3
Bald Eagle  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  10
American Kestrel  15
Merlin  7
Peregrine Falcon  2
American Crow  2
Carolina Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  3
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  3
American Redstart  3

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A Meadows Afternoon - Friday, September 21, 2018


35 species

Canada Goose  12
Mute Swan  3     2 adults and one juvenile
Blue-winged Teal  50
Northern Shoveler  1     F
Mallard  28
Green-winged Teal  20
Mourning Dove  3
Semipalmated Plover  1
Least Sandpiper  1
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Parasitic Jaeger  1
Laughing Gull  200
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  10
Caspian Tern  2
Forster's Tern  6
Royal Tern  6
Black Skimmer  3
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  2
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
American Kestrel  1
American Crow  3
Carolina Wren  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  100
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Northern Cardinal  1

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