Went to Vassar Farm from 5:45 am - 10:45 am. Highlights included some very cooperative juvenile red-tailed hawks, a black-billed cuckoo sighting, several indigo buntings, and a couple of ruby-throated hummingbirds.
For the full write-up and a photo of one of the juvi red-tailed hawks, check out my blog: http://deidam.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/071710-vassar-farm-hike/ I am still working on the Bowdoin Park photos on top of these latest ones, so it may be a while before I finish them. Bird Sightings: 1. Wood Ducks 2. Mallard 3. Great Blue Heron 4. Green Heron 5. Black Vulture 6. Red-Tailed Hawk (2 juveniles) 7. Killdeer 8. Rock Pigeon 9. Mourning Dove 10. Black-Billed Cuckoo 11. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird 12. Belted Kingfisher 13. Red-Bellied Woodpecker 14. Downy Woodpecker 15. Northern Flicker 16. Pileated Woodpecker 17. Eastern Wood-Pewee 18. Great Crested Flycatcher 19. Eastern Kingbird 20. Blue Jay 21. American Crow 22. Barn Swallow 23. House Wren 24. Eastern Bluebird (a few juveniles) 25. Wood Thrush 26. American Robin 27. Gray Catbird 28. Northern Mockingbird 29. European Starling 30. Cedar Waxwing 31. Yellow Warbler 32. American Redstart 33. Ovenbird 34. Common Yellowthroat 35. Scarlet Tanager 36. Eastern Towhee 37. Field Sparrow 38. Song Sparrow 39. Northern Cardinal 40. Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 41. Indigo Bunting 42. Red-Winged Blackbird 43. Brown-Headed Cowbird 44. House Finch 45. American Goldfinch Other Sightings: * Eastern Tiger Swallowtail * Black Swallowtail * Red-Spotted Purple * Red Admiral * Cabbage White * Great Spangled Fritillary * Pearl Crescent * Giant Swallowtail Butterfly* A first for me! No photo :(
