Today Shuane Skinner, her father, Jim Skinner and I headed out again on  
Shanue’s boat, the “SS Hoover” to monitor areas for the OBBA and Prothonotary  
Warbler territories. Rumor has it that Shaune’s boat has a designer flag reading 
 “Warning, This Boat Stops for Birds.” 
 
The day was a great success as we located numerous species. Highlights  
included: 2 Bald Eagles (1 adult and 1 immature, a 3rd year bird based on its  
plumage); numerous Prothonotary Warblers, with 10 new locations GPS’d in,  
bringing the 2007 count at Hoover to 157; we lost count of the Green Herons  which 
seem to be holding their own at Hoover; Hooded Mergansers; Osprey (the 2  adults 
and young at the platform in Area M and another adult that flew over the  
nest causing  the resident male to become extremely agitated; and  Yellow-billed 
Cuckoos doing flyovers.
 
Our list for the day includes:
Double-crested Cormorant 
Great Blue  Heron                
Green  Heron    
Canada  Goose    
Wood   Duck    
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Turkey  Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered  Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed  Gull
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated  Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy  Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
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
American  Robin
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Warbling  Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Prothonotary Warbler
Northern  Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common  Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
 
Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve
Delorme 58 C (2) &  (3)
 





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