Saturday bird walk at Hills Creek SP

The weather cleared overnight and today was an excellent day to do a bird walk at Hills Creek State Park. Terry had other things to do so I went to meet with Gary and anyone else who might show up. We had A local grandfather and his 8-year-old grandson, and a couple from Lancaster, PA who were staying at a nearby Bed & Breakfast.

The Bald Eagle was an adult that was spotted by the 8-year-old as we were preparing to leave. First an Osprey flew over head (the third time this morning we saw an Osprey) and then the Eagle came out from the woods heading across the lake with the Osprey hot on his tail. There’s always talk of how Eagles hound Ospreys to steal their fish, few people talk about how the Osprey will attack an Eagle out of shear anger.

Location: Hills Creek State Park
Observation date: 5/17/08
Notes: Clear and cool morning (45-55 degrees) with little wind after a day of considerable rain. Wind did pick up at the end of the morning.
Number of species: 34

Canada Goose X
Wood Duck X
Mallard X
Common Loon X
Great Blue Heron X
Osprey X
Bald Eagle X
Cooper's Hawk X
Broad-winged Hawk X
Mourning Dove X
Northern Flicker X
Yellow-throated Vireo X
Blue-headed Vireo X
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Yellow Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) X
Ovenbird X
Common Yellowthroat X
Chipping Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)