Registrar: Evelyn Huang
Participants: 28
Weather: 52–55°F; mostly cloudy, slight showers, light NE winds
Bird Species: 54
A brave group of 28 birders arrived at our meeting place even though the forecast threatened
rain. Luckily, the rain held off for most of the morning, and some new migrants may have even
been blown in by the approaching storm.
The walk started with the Great Hill and proceeded to cover the Children’s Glades, South
Blowdown, Pool, East Blowdown, High Meadow, Lily Ponds, Blockhouse, Loch, Wildflower
Meadow, Grassy Knoll, and Compost Heap, finishing with another look around the Pool.
We found several warblers low in the trees around the Pool and some rarer ones (Nashville and
Blue-winged) somewhat higher along the ridge trail. At the Loch, some of the group saw our first
Wood Thrush of the year, and we all stopped for a look at the Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle-owl that
escaped from the Central Park zoo a few months ago.
We ended the walk a little before noon, just as the rain was starting to grow heavy.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Osprey
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal
