Thursday, July 26, 2007

Birding Once More

Terry and I hooked up with our friends from the Tiadaghton Audubon Society this morning to do a little birding at Ives Run Recreation Area. We parked at the head of the 2.6-mile long Railroad Grade Trail, which follows an old Penn Central rail bed adjacent to Crooked Creek and walked quite a distance although not all the way. The weather cooperated and we had a nice morning with a slight breeze blowing.

In addition to the birds, we spotted a couple of deer, several cottontail rabbits, a chipmunk and a vole. There were several large splashes in the pond along side the trail, probably made by carp but impressive nonetheless.

Here's today's bird list:

Location: Ive's Run
Observation date: 7/26/07
Number of species: 32

Mallard 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 4
Cliff Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 3
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
American Redstart 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
American Goldfinch 7

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

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