Friday morning walk

Terry and I turned out to be the only two who showed up for our bird walk this morning. Between injuries, emergencies and prior commitments...well, no one else was there. We did have a fairly productive day, too. We started at the north end of the rails-to-trails path that runs from Wellsboro down t Jersey Shore. After parking at the terminus on Barber Road and waiting for others to arrive, we walked south on the trail about one mile to where it crosses the creek and then walked back. We started in the fog but that soon was burned off and the sun came out. There was no wind--or rain to speak of. The temperature soon climbed from a low of around 60 degrees to a high of 72 as we returned to our vehicle. There was fruit on many of the trees along the way, including a relatively large cherry tree, several crab apples, lots of what looked like elderberries and many others. The birds really liked the fruit.

Here's the list of what we saw:



Location: Rails-to-Trails Rt 287 W
Observation date: 8/15/08
Notes:
Number of species: 36

Green Heron X
Turkey Vulture X
Cooper's Hawk X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Hairy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Least Flycatcher X
Eastern Phoebe X
Warbling Vireo X
Red-eyed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
House Wren X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Cedar Waxwing X
Yellow Warbler X
American Redstart X
Common Yellowthroat X
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping Sparrow X
Savannah Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
Indigo Bunting X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
American Goldfinch X

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