Went to both Ferncliff Forest & Hopeland Park after work. Highlight of the day was a Black-Billed Cuckoo at Hopeland, a first for me! Got really good looks and managed some half-decent photos (one is currently posted on my blog). It never sang or called out, just stayed quiet hopping from branch to branch. Seen on the trail shortly after the pond.
Black-Billed Cuckoo Photo: http://deidam.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/070910-ferncliff-forest-hopeland-park/ I have combined my sighting list below (`F' for sighting at Ferncliff, `H' for Hopeland): 1. Red-Tailed Hawk (H) 2. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (first sighting for me!) (H) 3. Belted Kingfisher (F) 4. Red-Bellied Woodpecker (F) (H) 5. Downy Woodpecker (F) 6. Northern Flicker (F) 7. Pileated Woodpecker (F) 8. American Crow (H) 9. Tree Swallow (H) 10. Black-Capped Chickadee (F) (H) 11. White-Breasted Nuthatch (F) 12. Wood Thrush (F) 13. American Robin (F) (H) 14. Gray Catbird (F) (H) 15. Cedar Waxwing (F) (H) 16. Prairie Warbler (H) 17. American Redstart (F) 18. Common Yellowthroat (H) 19. Scarlet Tanager (F) 20. Field Sparrow (F) (H) 21. Song Sparrow (H) 22. Northern Cardinal (F) (H) 23. Indigo Bunting (H) 24. Red-Winged Blackbird (F) 25. American Goldfinch (F) (H) Derrick Eidam http://deidam.wordpress.com
