Photo: Black-crowned night heron by Derrick Johnson

Hello everyone,

It’s time for baby birds! We saw a Baltimore Oriole on a nest, obviously feeding nestlings. Three fledgling House Finches were flitting about and a mama Wood Duck perched on a log with three ducklings. A few of us observed a cute little juvenile Eastern Wood-Pewee by the soccer field.

Two Willow Flycatchers were present, and some birders both heard the birds and saw the birds too, which is rather unusual. We generally hear them but don’t see them. We had a very large flock of mixed swallows swooping over the lagoon and picking bugs off the water’s surface. They had a breakfast feast.

BIRDERS: Nathan, Alicia, Cheryl, Kristin, Marian, Mark C., Mike, Jennie, Gary, Lucy, Dennis, Kevin, Roselle, Nick, Peter, Pam, Marisa, Rob and welcome to Marie, Bill C., Cooper, Erica, Bill K., Lex, Raven, Mary Helen, Emilie, Michael R., and Bird (who, of course, had to become a birder).

TIME: 8:00am to 11:30am     

WEATHER: Low 60s, sunny, light breeze

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographer: Marisa

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 109

2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 4

3. Mallard   Number observed: 9

4. Chimney Swift   Number observed: 10

5. Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Number observed: 1

6. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 3

7. Herring Gull   Number observed: 1

8. Caspian Tern   Number observed: 2

9. Double-crested Cormorant   Number observed: 2

10. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 4

11. Green Heron   Number observed: 1

12. Black-crowned Night-Heron   Number observed: 3

13. Turkey Vulture   Number observed: 2

14. Red-shouldered Hawk   Number observed: 1

15. Downy Woodpecker  Number observed: 1

16. Hairy Woodpecker   Number observed: 2

17. Northern Flicker  Number observed: 2

18. Eastern Wood-Pewee   Number observed: 2

19. Willow Flycatcher  Number observed: 2

20. Great Crested Flycatcher   Number observed: 2

21. Eastern Kingbird   Number observed: 2

22. Warbling Vireo   Number observed: 7

23. American Crow  Number observed: 4

24. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 3

25. Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Number observed: 4

26. Purple Martin   Number observed: 5

27. Barn Swallow   Number observed: 11

28. Cliff Swallow   Number observed: 4

29. White-breasted Nuthatch   Number observed: 1

30. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Number observed: 1

31. House Wren   Number observed: 2

32. European Starling   Number observed: 2

33. Gray Catbird   Number observed: 3

34. American Robin   Number observed: 7

35. Cedar Waxwing   Number observed: 3

36. House Sparrow   Number observed: 3

37. House Finch   Number observed: 5

38. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 2

39. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 2

40. Orchard Oriole   Number observed: 5

41. Baltimore Oriole   Number observed: 9

42. Red-winged Blackbird   Number observed: 11

43. Brown-headed Cowbird   Number observed: 3

44. Common Grackle   Number observed: 4

45. Yellow Warbler   Number observed: 7

46. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 3

47. Indigo Bunting   Number observed: 3

If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/

Corrections, additions and comments are welcome.

Good birding everyone,

Jennie