Registrar: Richard Davis
Participants: 43
Weather: 59–74 F and sunny, with west wind 11 mph
Bird Species: 67
The weather was crisp in the morning, but warmed pleasantly as the day progressed. There was a solid variety of warblers, though not in great numbers or frequency—rather, a few in every location that kept the groups on the move through the park. The first view of a Prairie Warbler in Strawberry Field was a high point, with all the groups gathered on the hill to the east to see it dazzle as it caught the morning light. Later in the day, many people in each group gathered for the noon hawk watch at Belvedere, and, in fact, most of the raptors listed here were seen at that location.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
House Wren
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Butterflies
Cabbage White Butterfly
Monarch
Odonates
Common Green Darner
Black Saddlebags
Carolina Saddlebags
Moths
Common Looper Moth
Swamp Cicada
Eastern Hornet Fly
Honey Bee
