Registrar: Barbara Higham
Participants: 67
Weather: Overcast, becoming sunny by midday, temp 54-72, wind 4 mph.
Bird Species: 99
Sixty-seven birders, divided among seven groups (following Linnaean’s COVID guidelines that limit group numbers to 10 people) participated in the May 4 walk, with 99 species observed collectively, though no group saw all of them. Janet, one of the leaders on the walk, provided these highlights: White-crowned Sparrows duetting in the south section of Strawberry Fields; a male Hooded Warbler heard singing and being seen between the top of Bunting Meadow and the Castle overlook; Spotted Sandpipers at Turtle Pond; a White-eyed Vireo at the Point; and the many other singing warblers we heard and saw throughout the walk.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Green Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Barred Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Yellow-breasted Chat
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
