Registrars: Dale Dancis and Anne Lazarus
Participants: 11
Bird Species: 54
This morning I lead the above walk for the Linnaean Society Group. We have done this spring walk for many years now. This year it had to be canceled from its original date due to heavy rains and high winds. This morning was beautiful! Eleven participants and I toured the Bashakill hoping for some late spring migrants. It started out rather quiet, but as the sun rose higher, the birds became more active and began to show nicely. Highlights of the walk included: Canada Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and most of the common breeding species. Once we reached the Nature Trail it picked up considerably. We immediately added Cerulean Warbler. As we worked our way around, hoping for some thrush (only had Wood Thrush and Veery) I got a call from Shai Mitra that he could see us from where he was standing at the back of the “Sand Pit” and he and Pat Lindsey were watching a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher! We went right over and began looking for the bird that disappeared momentarily. Gordon Lam relocated it and we had great views of the bird. Only a few minutes later, Shai texted there was a Mourning Warbler right near the parking lot. The whole scene repeated itself and we got to see this beautiful bird! Thanks Shai and Pat for keeping us in the loop! From there, we went to the Horseshoe Parking Area. There we had several Cerulean Warblers, more Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Vireos and Common Gallinules. All in all a pretty successful morning! I’d like to thank the Linnaean members for coming up and helping make it another nice walk at the Bashakill! — By John Haas.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (h)
Black-billed Cuckoo (h)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Common Gallinule (h)
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher (h)
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cerulean Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
