Tuesday, June 17, 2008

6/17

From Orrin Tilevitz:

Canada Goose
Mute Swan (parents with 3(?) babies below Lullwater bridge)
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee (1, Mt. Prospect Park on border of BBG across from native plant garden)
Blue Jay
American Crow (BBG, being chased by blue jays)
House Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird (BBG)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Sparrow


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From Isabel Conte:
 
Thank you for the info on the Indigo bunting. He was in the Butterfly meadow this morning, atop the tall grass, eating the seed & perching on a low tree branch singing with great enthusiasm. He looked very blue, even in the shade.
Other sightings:
Baltimore oriole pair tending to nestlings at overlook
Barn swallows gathering feathers across the Lullwater for nest on Audubon center
Robin feeding a large insect to its baby 
Black-capped chickadee feeding baby
Eastern Kingbird
2 Black crown night herons
Great egret
Downy woodpecker
Common grackles
Catbirds
Heard: Red bellied woodpecker, Northern Flicker, and many Wrens