I led a trip this morning to the Park Preserve; about 15 people took
part. Although a few drops of rain fell as I was driving to the meeting
point, the threatened precipitation failed to materialize, so we enjoyed
our birding dry in cool mid-50s temperatures.
We started at the South entrance. Although we heard quite a few birds,
this trip was remarkable in that we saw very few of of them. We heard
Prairie Warbler, Eastern Towhee, several Black-throated Green Warblers,
a probable Chestnut-sided Warbler, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat,
Louisiana Waterthrush, Flicker, and Carolina Wren. We did get to see
Hermit Thrush, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a possible Sharp-shinned Hawk
(although it looked much too large, it had all the right characteristics
otherwise.) Kathy arrived a little later and as she was catching up with
us, flushed a Ruffed Grouse.
Of course, the more common usual suspects were there too: Chickadees,
Goldfinch, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay,
Canada Goose, Crow, Grackle, and Red-winged Blackbird.
We then went to the entrance further North, where the boardwalk is. We
immediately got treated to a few nice sparrows: Song, Field, Chipping,
and Swamp. A Green Heron flew over; there were Tree and Barn Swallows, a
Phoebe, and a couple of male Common Mergansers in one of the distant
ponds. A Broad-winged Hawk and a Turkey Vulture flew over too.
Finally we used up our final half hour by going back to Sapsucker Woods
so that we could see the White-crowned Sparrows in the feeder garden.
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