Registrar: Crystal Thiele
Participants: 17
Weather: Clear, warm
Bird Species: 56
After meeting Tom Stephenson near the Grand Army entrance at 7:30 am, we first headed to the Rose Garden and the Vale of Cashmere; they were both very birdy, giving us good looks at many warblers. From there, we crossed Nellie’s Lawn to the Picnic House. The Sparrow Bowl nearby had several flycatchers, including Eastern Wood-Pewees and a Least Flycatcher. Behind the Well House, we saw a Lincoln’s Sparrow and a very cooperative Tennessee Warbler.
The Lake was quiet, so we headed to the Peninsula, where we saw more warblers, but the activity had mostly finished for the day. Looping north via the Lullwater, we encountered a frustrating thrush that wouldn’t give us good enough views to identify it, as well as our first Northern Waterthrush of the day.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder/Willow Flycatcher sp.
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
White-throated Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Mammals
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Herps
Red-eared Slider
Butterflies
Cabbage White
Eastern Tailed Blue
Monarch
Odonates
Common Green Darner
Slaty Skimmer
Wandering Glider
Other Insects & Invertebrates
Cicada sp. (h)
Cricket sp. (h)
Orb Weaver Spider sp. & web
