Registrar: Janet Wooten
Participants: 7
Weather: Intermittent rain throughout a cool morning with a southwesterly breeze
Bird Species: 30
Wet weather did not deter seven birders on the first Tuesday morning of May. We met at the Boat House and proceeded to search the Ramble and environs, the trees around the Castle, and Turtle Pond for migrating birds on their way to their breeding grounds. Despite periodic rain and cool temperatures, we managed to see six warblers, a Baltimore Oriole, and a Blue-headed Vireo. It was a challenging morning, but we prevailed with a final count of 30 species.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mourning Dove
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
Purple Finch
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal