Registrar: Anne Lazarus
Participants: 10
Weather: Sunny, 70’s-low 80’s, calm
Bird Species: 54
Linnaean Society participants had an interesting and exciting day of birding. We thought our sighting of an Olive-sided Flycatcher and 8 Common Ravens flying and soaring over the park were exceptional highlights. We were constantly entertained by an assortment of warbler species, woodpeckers, Scarlet Tanagers and other passerines. Then Alan had an idea that birding The Environmental Center area might bring more variety to the trip. His hunch was correct. Alan spotted a Western Kingbird. We observed that bird through two different scopes. Eventually, we walked to an area which afforded us an excellent and definitive identification of this bird. We were a very happy group of birders.
Species List
Birds
Canada Goose
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Butterflies
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Orange Sulfur
Monarch Butterfly
Broad-winged Skipper
Sachem
Insect
Praying Mantis
Amphibians
Fowler’s Toad
Green Frog
Mammals
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern Chipmunk
Raccoon
