Registrar: Miriam Rakowski
Participants: 13
Weather: Cloudy, then sunny in the afternoon, temperatures 66-75; winds SW 2– 8 mph
Bird Species: 50
As soon as we arrived at the parking area near the foot of Doodletown Road, we heard Yellow Warblers singing and saw a kingbird and a male Orchard Oriole. Doodletown, an abandoned Colonial village, attracts a wide host of nesting migrants. We heard multiple Cerulean Warblers, and even saw a few. The Scarlet Tanagers and Baltimore Orioles were singing and showing themselves off splendidly in their bright breeding plumage. Certainly we heard many more birds than we saw.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tree Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
American Goldfinch
Eastern Towhee
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cerulean Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Butterflies
Morning Cloak
Cabbage White
Juvenal’s Duskywing
Reptiles
Black Rat Snake
