Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, November 17th, 2018

Ten Sandhill Cranes flying overhead, calling, were a great start to this morning's walk. It was the last walk at the Beanery for the season - we switch to the State Park for the winter - but it reminded me why we do the Beanery walks throughout the fall: we had small numbers of many good birds. A very late Red-eyed Vireo should be down in the Amazon Basin of South America by now, with those birds generally gone from here in October. A Baltimore Oriole was also a late migrant. And in the 'recent arrival' category, we had a first-of-season Fox Sparrow showing his big, bold rusty stripes and right on time as a mid-November late migrant. 

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Kyle Chelius, Michael McCabe

41 species

Canada Goose  7
Mallard  11
Mourning Dove  5
Sandhill Crane  10     Photos
Killdeer  3
Herring Gull (American)  3
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  1
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
American Kestrel  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  2
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren (Northern)  5
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird  7
American Robin  7
Gray Catbird  1
Brown Thrasher  2
Northern Mockingbird  6
European Starling  20
American Goldfinch  14
Fox Sparrow (Red)  1
White-throated Sparrow  10
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  18
Palm Warbler (Western)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4
Northern Cardinal  4

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Birding the Meadows - Monday, November 12, 2018

Wonderful walk to close the season, with multiple bald eagles and several duck species, a smattering of shorebirds and a late ruby-throated hummingbird.  The "best bird"? LE CONTE'S SPARROW!

Leaders: Pete Dunne, Chuck Slugg, Janet Crawford, Bill Boyle, Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins, Steve Weis, Rebecca Perruci

55 species

Canada Goose  58
Mute Swan  3
Wood Duck  3
Northern Shoveler  12
Gadwall  34
American Wigeon  6
Mallard  18
Northern Pintail  4
Green-winged Teal  22
Ring-necked Duck  1
Surf Scoter  8
White-winged Scoter  1
Black Scoter  150
Bufflehead  8
Hooded Merganser  16
Mourning Dove  7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1     Late, seen by Chuck Slugg and a few
Killdeer  1
Sanderling  2
Dunlin  7
Short-billed Dowitcher  6
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  4
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Black Skimmer  1
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Northern Harrier  2
Bald Eagle  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker  4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  8
Carolina Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  3
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  7
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  24
American Pipit  1
American Goldfinch  23
Le Conte's Sparrow  1     Small finely streaked sparrow,  peachy chest and face, white medial head stripe, light gray around eyes. I D made by Bill Boyle.
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  2
Red-winged Blackbird  35
Common Grackle  20
Yellow-rumped Warbler  10
Northern Cardinal  5
House Sparrow  2

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Sunset Beach: A Place for all Seasons - Sunday, November 11, 2018

37 species

Ring-necked Duck  2     On Davies Lake
Surf Scoter  15
White-winged Scoter  4
Black Scoter  70
Ruddy Duck  2     On Davies Lake.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7
Mourning Dove  9
Killdeer  1
Sanderling  6
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull  12
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Double-crested Cormorant  90     large loose flock of about 80 birds seen flying over.
Great Blue Heron  1     Seen perched beside Davies Lake.
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  6
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  6
Red-tailed Hawk  4
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker  1
Merlin  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  40
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1     Heard
Carolina Wren  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  8
American Robin  10     Fly over
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Goldfinch  100     Several flights of these birds observed throughout our walk.
Song Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  1     Late female/imm. bird with bright yellow face, yellow crescent under eye, olive auriculars and cream colored throat (not yellow). Dark streaks on flanks with a clear cream colored belly. Two white wing bars
Northern Cardinal  2
House Sparrow  5

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Fall Migrants at the Rea Farm - Saturday, November 3, 2018

28 species

Mallard  4
Mourning Dove  8
Herring Gull  10
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Cattle Egret  1
Black Vulture  25
Turkey Vulture  30
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  4
American Kestrel  2
American Crow  6
Carolina Wren  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  20
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  40
American Goldfinch  18
White-throated Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  4
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Blackpoll Warbler  1     in a group of yellow-rumped warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler  40
Northern Cardinal  1

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