One of the best attended field walks we've every had. We had folks come all the way from down by Williamsport (at least an hour south of us) to participate. I blame the two (2) articles that recently appeared in print. One was in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette and the other was in the Mountain Home (an excellent free publication that come out once a month). In addition to the new folks (interestingly, none of them were camping--again), we had the return of several TAS members from their winter travel to the Salton Sea area of California. The result was a combination of a welcome home gathering and a mixer.
We had a great day for it too. Lots of sunshine (even at the new starting hour for May of 7:30 AM) and temperatures of around 45-55 degrees F.
The results weren't too shabby either. We had plenty of birds (35 species) despite loosing many of the migratory water fowl we had a few weeks ago. Except for the Robins and the Yellow-rumped Warblers, however, the number of individuals seemed small. Perhaps they were in hiding or huddled up somewhere to get warm.
Location: Hills Creek State Park
Observation date: 5/2/09
Notes: Cool, clear morning after a heavy overnight rain. Temp 45-55 degrees F.
Large contingent of Yellow-rump Warblers on the north end of the lake in the hemlocks. Precursors tot he spring warbler migration?
Number of species: 35
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron X
Osprey X
Spotted Sandpiper X
Mourning Dove X
Barred Owl X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X
Pileated Woodpecker X
Eastern Phoebe X
Blue-headed Vireo X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Common Raven X
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Brown Creeper X
House Wren X
American Robin X
European Starling X
Yellow Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) X
Black-throated Green Warbler X
Ovenbird X
Chipping Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Pine Siskin X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
2 comments:
You know, despite a lifetime outdoors I have never seen a yellow-bellied sap sucker. Lots of holes out in the orchard, but never an actual bird. Looks like you saw a nice list of species on your walk!
That's an impressive list!
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