Trip Report: Richard ZainEldeen
Participants: 7
Weather: Cloudy am, upper 50s sunny pm, 70 F.
Bird Species: 69
The Linnaean trip to Doodletown, New York, led by our wonderful leader and naturalist, Paul Keim took place on Sunday, May 22, 2016. We heard and saw seventy-five species of birds. Highlights included hearing a very vocal Mourning Warbler. We heard the Kentucky Warbler but the bird did not show for observation. On the other hand, the Hooded Warbler was beautifully photographed as it posed for pictures.
Other warblers included: Worm-eating, Tennessee, Blackpoll, Chestnut-sided, Cerulean, American Redstart, Blue-winged Warbler, Northern and Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-and-White Warbler, and Yellow Warbler.
Yellow-throated Vireos, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Scarlet Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles and Orchard Orioles were among the other birds we saw and heard. The list of exciting birds is too long to mention.
Butterflies emerged with sunny skies. Juvenal’s Duskywings, Hobomoke Skippers, Silver-spotted Skipper, Spicebush and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Spring Azure were sighted. We also saw a beautiful Eight-spotted Forester’s Moth. Paul found and identified reptiles, including a Northern Water Snake sunning on a rock. We learned about the plants that grow in Doodletown, such as Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Highbush Blueberry, Lady’s Slipper and Rattlesnake Plantain (orchid family). Many of these plants were photographed.
The trip to Doodletown was educational as well as exciting.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mallard
Wild Turkey
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Green Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren (h)
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler (h)
Kentucky Warbler (h)
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cerulean Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Butterflies
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Spring Azure
Juvenal’s Duskywing
Hobomoke Skipper
Silver-spotted Skipper
Moths
8-spotted Forester
Invertibrates
Millipede
Six-spotted Eastern Tiger Beetle
Field Crickets
Mammals
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern Chipmunk
White-tailed Deer
Reptiles
Water Snake
