We had another great day for birding at Hills Creek State Park today. The conditions were perfect with comfortable temperatures, clear skies and no wind to speak of. Lots of people showed up, too. While we racked up a respectable number of species in 2.5 hours, the actual number of birds was a bit disappointing and there were areas that should have had birds that didn't. Maybe some have moved north--or haven't gotten here yet from the south--or maybe those that were around were setting up housekeeping. Whatever the reason, this could be considered a good day and not a great one on the bird front but certainly a great morning to be out.
Here's today's list as reported to eBird:
Hills Creek SP, Tioga, US-PA
May 4, 2013 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol:
Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Beautiful clear morning. 40 degrees at
the start, 60 degrees when we finished. Very calm.
34 species
Canada
Goose X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron
X
Osprey X
Bald Eagle X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Ring-billed Gull
X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Eastern Phoebe
X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Black-capped
Chickadee X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Brown
Creeper X
House Wren X
Eastern Bluebird X
American Robin X
Gray
Catbird X
Brown Thrasher X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped
Warbler X
Black-throated Green Warbler X
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping
Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal
X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
American Goldfinch
X
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13985728
This report was
generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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