Spring Birding at the Garrett Family Preserve - Saturday, April 27, 2019


Despite the wind and chill, birds were singing this morning at Garrett. This was our first walk of the season here. The Ospreys are back on the marsh, two perched on the platform visible from the blind. An Orchard Oriole was a first-of-season bird for most of us. Multiple Common Yellowthroats were singing but were really hunkered down, out of sight. The Chimney Swifts though, despite their diminutive size, seemed to revel in the blustery weather. 

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

Canada Goose  3
Mallard  2
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  6
Clapper Rail (Atlantic Coast)  1
Laughing Gull  12
Herring Gull (American)  1
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Forster's Tern  4
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  1
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
White-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  6
Barn Swallow (American)  1
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren (Northern)  7
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Field Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  3
Orchard Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  18
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  4
Common Yellowthroat  7
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3
Prairie Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  9
House Sparrow  2

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Northern Mockingbird photo by Kathy Horn

Pollinator Graphic at Garrett Family Preserve photo by Kathy Horn