Today was supposed to be a work day in which I would clean and repair nest  
boxes and do some work on the OBBA project. I kept running into people I knew  
and the work part of the plan deteriorated quickly. The final straw was when I 
 met Judy Richardson and a friend of hers and we began discussing the nesting 
 Ruby-throated Hummingbird. We all ended up at the site of the hummingbird 
nest  where we birded through what should have been lunch. It was worth it with 
the  good company and active birds. 
 
I did get some work done early at the Twin Bridges area. The upper reaches  
of the coves have decent mudflats and there were a variety of shorebirds  
present. When I walked to the back area to get to the nest boxes I managed to  turn 
a Great Horned Owl, Scarlet Tanager, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. At the area  
of the nest boxes there were a couple of Prothonotary Warblers still hanging  
around. I exited by walking along the edge of the mudflats where I observed  
Killdeer, Spotted Sandpipers,  Sempalmated Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers and  
Solitary Sandpipers.
 
The mudflats are becoming extensive at the Area M boardwalk, the cove at  
Dustin Road and all along the east shore of the upper reservoir. The shorebirds  
are comparable to the list John Kuenzli posted Friday. I ran into John Friday 
as  I was cleaning and doing maintenance on the nest boxes in that area. John 
had  the better deal as he was birding and I kept to my work. It was John that 
banded  Prothonotary Warblers for me in 2004.
 
Back in Area N with Judy and her friend, we went to the “sitting log” and  
enjoyed the show. This quiet back area can be full of surprises as today 
showed.  The nesting Prothonotary pair has fledged their young, but there are still 
a few  Prothonotaries flitting around along with the Northern Parula's who 
were calling  from the sycamore trees. A few Parula's dropped down to provide us 
with a look,  but the Cracker Jack prize went to the Cerulean Warbler that 
decided to make an  appearance. They nested across the creek and I heard them 
often this spring and  summer, but I only got occasional sightings of them. And 
the hummingbird is  still there, but with the leafs around the nest it was 
impossible to tell if the  hatchlings fledged or were still in the nest.
 
My species observed today included:
Double-crested Cormorant
Great  Blue Heron
Green Heron
Canada Goose Wood Duck
Mallard
Turkey  Vulture
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American  Kestrel
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted  Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral  Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning  Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Chimney  Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed  Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy  Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern  Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested  Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged  Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
American  Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted  Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wood  Thrush
American Robin
Gray catbird
Cedar waxwing
European  Starling
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Yellow  Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Prothonotary  Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Scarlet Tanager
Northern  Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song  Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common  Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American  Goldfinch
House Sparrow
 
Charlie Bombaci
Hoover nature Preserve
Delorme 58 C (2) &  (3)
 
 




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