Registrar: Richard Davis
Participants: 38
Weather: 51–64 F, wind 3 mph, sunny
Bird Species: 76
Thirty-eight participants gathered under sunny skies on a crisp and beautiful mid-fall morning that would turn out to be very birdy. Already at our starting point in Strawberry Field we counted 40 species. Also observed there was a Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus tree) covered in Spotted Lanternflies. Several Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers worked this same tree, with Cape May and Black-throated Blue warblers following them for sap and insects. A few of the warblers even showed fairly bright plumage in the morning sunlight.
A good number of warblers were also seen throughout the Ramble and elsewhere. At the Pinetum a rare juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker was the star of the show, seen by both groups. And a full-color Prairie Warbler came close in the wildflowers at Sparrow Rock.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
