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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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