Friday, September 25, 2020

Thursday BBC walk

Led by Karen OHearn with help from Linda Ewing ,subbing for Tom Steohenson

Hi Peter,

Thursday's BBC walk was full of raptors!  Mid morning, as we walked onto the peninsula, a Merlin flew by.  When we reached the point, a Sharp-shinned and a Cooper's hawk were seen together above us.  A few minutes later, Al spotted 3 Broad-winged hawks that were kettling above the lake and slowly drifting southeast and out of view.  A minute later, an Osprey flew by and then a few minutes after that an American Kestrel flew by and landed in a nearby tree.  I guess you could say we were rapturous - all this occurring in a period of about 20 crazy minutes!   Oh, and one additional, notable sighting during this same time period - 4 Common Nighthawks over the lake.  

Other active areas were the vale, parts of center drive, and sw lakeside.  Our walk ended with an early Hermit Thrush (-:

And thanks to Linda E. for joining us and helping with some tricky IDs!

Best,
karen

50 Canada Goose
3 Mute Swan
3 Wood Duck
20 Mallard
1 American Black Duck
25 Rock Pigeon
4 Mourning Dove
4 Common Nighthawk
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 American Coot
2 Herring Gull
2 Gull Sp, probably Laughing
3 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Green Heron
1 Osprey
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Cooper's Hawk
3 Broad-winged Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
5 Red-bellied Woodpecker
4 Downy Woodpecker
8 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
2 Empidonax sp.
4 Eastern Phoebe
2 Blue-headed Vireo
7 Red-eyed Vireo
18 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
4 Carolina Wren
20 European Starling
15 Gray Catbird
2 Swainson's Thrush
1 Hermit Thrush    
25 American Robin
50 House Sparrow
2 House Finch
10 American Goldfinch
2 White-throated Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
6 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Common Grackle
4 Ovenbird
7 Northern Waterthrush
10 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Nashville warbler
13 Common Yellowthroat
8 American Redstart
14 Northern Parula
21 Magnolia Warbler
2 Yellow Warbler
3 Chestnut-sided Warbler
7 Blackpol Warbler
9 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Palm Warbler
14 Yellow-rumped Warbler
7 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Wilson's Warbler
14 Northern Cardinal
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting