Late Update: CONNECTICUT WARBLER seen 3:58 on slope of Lookout hill facing cemetery (Rob Jett )
On my way home from work, two incidental sightings
2 SAVANNAH SPARROWS inside the newly erected eastern Ballfields fence enclosure
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO flew across West lake drive to a tulip tree overlooking the Vanderbilt playground.
This morning, Rob Bate reported also YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO at Butterfly Meadow as well as BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO at the same locale.
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From Rob Bate:
Some nice birds today, YB Cuckoo, BB Cuckoo, and Philadelphia Vireo al seen with Gil and Nancy. There were a couple of reports of a Chat at the top of the switchback woodchip trail but I couldn't find it. The south shore was very quiet and the only activity I encountered was on top of Lookout in and around the Butterfly Meadow. Kinglets and White-throated Sparrows are beginning to appear.
31 species
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 5
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 30
Laughing Gull 1 Perched on Lamppost at Parkside/Ocean entrance
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 25
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 15
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling 5
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
White-throated Sparrow 7
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 2
House Sparrow 11
