Today Ruth Richards joined me for a day of birding at the Hoover Nature
Preserve. The day began with nice weather but later got summer hot. The activity
was mixed with periods of little or no activity which changed to moderately
active. We began the morning at Oxbow Road and then continued on to Wiese Road
and Area N before breaking to eat. We lunched at the overlook gazebo near the
 Little Walnut Creek trestle which provided us with a shaded spot and birds
to  serenade us. From there we visited Hoover Meadows until we had to break due
to  it getting hot and my dental appointment (rather be birding).

Our highlight was the finishing flurry at Hoover Meadows that included a
Yellow-billed Cuckoo that could only be described as showing off as it stayed in
the open, in sunlight and did a 360 turn for us for about 5 minutes, a
Red-headed Woodpecker, a second-year Orchard Oriole, and a male Yellow Warbler.
Ruth made me promise not to chose the Prothonotary Warblers that made their
presence known every stop but Hoover Meadows.

Species observed included:
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Osprey
Red-tailed hawk
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Species heard but eluded observation:
Carolina Wren
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Wood Thrush
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Ovenbird
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow


Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve
Delorme 58 C (2) & (3)




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