Above Par Birding at Cox Hall Creek – Sunday, ,August 18, 2019


It was an excellent morning for listening to bird song at Cox Hall Creek WMA. Blue Grosbeaks are still singing. Eastern Kingbird numbers are increasing, and their wispy spit was frequently heard. We heard White-eyed and Red-eyed Vireos, Field Sparrows, Great-crested Flycatchers and Eastern Wood-peewees. One bird that's often heard before it's seen is Cedar Waxwing; we saw these in large numbers this morning, with a lot of streaky juvenile birds in the flocks, but they were very quiet as they munched on ripe cherries in the trees.

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford, Joe Demko
39 species

Canada Goose  1
Mallard  8
Mourning Dove  10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Laughing Gull  5
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Eastern Kingbird  5
White-eyed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
Fish Crow  1
Carolina Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  8
Purple Martin  2
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow (American)  5
Carolina Wren (Northern)  6
Gray Catbird  4
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  15
Cedar Waxwing  25
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  18
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
Common Grackle  4
American Redstart  2
Northern Cardinal  7
Blue Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  1

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