We had our Saturday morning bird walk over at Hills Creek State Park today. And a beautiful day it was! The sun was shining brightly with only a few cumulus clouds in the sky. There was hardly a breath of air so the lake was mirror calm--not that that helped. There were so many boats on the lake, the water fowl were tucked into hidey-holes somewhere out of sight. Only a Mallard, a pair of Common Mergansers and few Canada Geese with their newborns were about.
Still, the woods and field edges were alive with birds and bird calls. We (11 of us) finished the day with a total of 39 species; the best so far this spring and not bad at all for just two hours in the field. The "specials" today included a pair of nest-material-gathering Great-crested Flycatchers and one very loud and obnoxious but totally invisible Black-billed Cuckoo. Here's the rest of the list as posted to eBird.org
Location: Hills Creek SP
Observation date: 5/21/11
Notes: Bright sunny and calm day. Temperatures ranged from 55 to 65 degrees.
Number of species: 39
Canada Goose X
Mallard X
Common Merganser X
Great Blue Heron X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Spotted Sandpiper X
Black-billed Cuckoo X
Northern Flicker X
Eastern Phoebe X
Great Crested Flycatcher X
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Common Raven X
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X
House Wren X
Eastern Bluebird X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
European Starling X
Yellow Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Black-throated Green Warbler X
Ovenbird X
Common Yellowthroat X
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
Indigo Bunting X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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