Participants: 4 Weather: cloudy am, sunny pm, calm, 40 degrees in the am to 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the pm. Bird Species: 50
Species Lists
Birds Brant Canada Goose Mallard American Black Duck Bufflehead Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove American Oystercatcher Black-bellied Plover Dunlin Laughing Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Cooper’s Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker American Kestrel Eastern Phoebe Blue-headed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren European Starling Northern Mockingbird American Robin House Finch American Goldfinch Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Saltmarsh Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Northern Parula Yellow-rumped Warbler Northern Cardinal
Butterflies (Lepidoptera) Orange Sulfur Cabbage White Monarch
Birds Canada Goose American Oystercatcher Black-bellied Plover Killdeer (h) Sanderling Laughing Gull Ring-billed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Common Tern Double-crested Cormorant Great Egret Osprey Red-tailed Hawk Downy Woodpecker (h) Northern Flicker American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon American Crow Tree Swallow Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Carolina Wren (h) European Starling Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird American Robin Cedar Waxwing House Sparrow House Finch American Goldfinch Song Sparrow Eastern Towhee (h) Black-and-white Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Palm Warbler Scarlet Tanager
Mammal Eastern Gray Squirrel
Butterfly (Lepidoptera) Black Swallowtail Monarch Cabbage White Common Buckeye
Moth (Lepidoptera) Evening Primrose Moth
Dragonfly (Odonate) Green Darner Saddlebags Black Saddlebags Wandering Glide Carolina
Insects (Invertabrates) Annual Cicada (h)
Invertabrate Holes in the sand made by the Ghost Crab
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
