Birding At Hills Creek State Park

It was a chilly and windy morning out at Hills Creek State Park, but the usual culprits gathered at the park office at 0800 to see what we could see. Many of the species that had dropped into the lake last week have already left for northern waters. Only a few grebes and lots of Buffleheads remained. It was too early for many of the woodland species (only one Yellow-rumped Warbler was spotted) so things ended up pretty evenly divided between water birds and upland species. The highlights included seeing several nesting pairs of Blue Birds (four eggs in one box), a tiny Brown Creeper, and watching an Osprey dive into the lake twice. He was successful on the second attempt and carried off what looked like a small yellow perch.

My bird tally came to 26.

Hills Creek SP, Tioga, US-PA
Apr 7, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Cold and windy (30-35 degrees, 15+ mph out of the north) but sunny, cloudless morning.
26 species

Canada Goose X
Wood Duck X
Mallard X
Bufflehead X
Common Merganser X
Pied-billed Grebe X
Horned Grebe X
Great Blue Heron X
Osprey X
American Coot X
Belted Kingfisher X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X
Eastern Phoebe X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Brown Creeper X
Eastern Bluebird X
American Robin X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X
Song Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X

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