Registrar: Ellen Hoffman
Participants: 5
Weather: sunny, high 80’s to 90 F, mph 5-10
Bird Species: 50
Undeterred by low tides and unrelenting heat, a determined group of Linnaean members embarked upon a tour of the West Pond in search of birds. We also observed butterflies, odonates and other arthropods. Our main highlight was the nesting Barn Owls. We were greeted early by a vocal family of Willow Flycatchers. Due to the unrelenting heat we birded up to bench 12. We did sight a Little Blue Heron and a Peregrine Falcon as we walked back to the visitor’s center.
Species List
Birds
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
American Black Duck
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
American Oystercatcher
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Barn Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Willow Flycatcher
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Carolina Wren (h)
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee (h)
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Total bird species: 50
Butterflies
Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Orange Sulphur
Summer Azure
Question Mark
Common Buckeye
American Snout
Monarch Butterfly
Odonates
Familiar Bluet, most likely
Black Saddlebags
Other Insects
Cicadas
Cicada Killers
Bee species
Wasp Species
