Hello everyone,

Osaka was waiting for us on his sentry spot in the Japanese Garden. He keeps a close eye on the garden and its visitors. We heard, but couldn’t find, an Indigo Bunting at the start of the walk. We also had the two American Kestrels on the baseball backstop again. There were also quite a few juvenile Northern Rough-winged Swallows waiting to be fed at various spots along the walk.

It was family day again. A fledgling Mourning Dove was spotted with its parent and a mama Wood Duck was paddling around the lagoon with her babies. The mama Mallard appeared with her eight ducklings again this week and my, have they grown. We also saw two Brown-headed Cowbird juveniles, one being fed by a Yellow Warbler and another being fed by a Baltimore Oriole. I’m sure that Mother Nature has a reason for this somewhat disturbing behavior by the Cowbirds but I don’t know what it is.

BIRDERS: Mark C., Hal, Luther, Marian, Val, Jennie, Mike, Cheryl, Howard, Leslie, Caterina, Mark W., Liz, Pam, Jan and welcome to Amanda, Suzanne, Rick, Megan, Katherine, Eleanor, Chelsea, John, Claire, and Susie.

TIME: 8:00am to Noon

WEATHER: Sunny, high 70s

Compiler: Cheryl

1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 82

2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 7

3. Mallard   Number observed: 15

4. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)   Number observed: 2

5. Mourning Dove   Number observed: 4

6. Chimney Swift   Number observed: 9

7. Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Number observed: 1

8. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 7

9. American Herring Gull   Number observed: 1

10. Caspian Tern   Number observed: 1

11. Black-crowned Night Heron   Number observed: 3

12. Green Heron   Number observed: 3

13. Great Egret   Number observed: 1

14. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 2

15. Turkey Vulture   Number observed: 2

16. Cooper's Hawk   Number observed: 1

17. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 3

18. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 1

19. American Kestrel   Number observed: 2

20. Eastern Wood-Pewee   Number observed: 1

21. Willow Flycatcher   Number observed: 1

22. Eastern Phoebe   Number observed: 1

23. Great Crested Flycatcher   Number observed: 1

24. Eastern Kingbird   Number observed: 2

25. Warbling Vireo   Number observed: 5

26. Blue Jay   Number observed: 1

27. American Crow   Number observed: 7

28. Purple Martin   Number observed: 14

29. Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Number observed: 11

30. Barn Swallow   Number observed: 10

31. Cliff Swallow   Number observed: 2

32. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Number observed: 4

33. Northern House Wren   Number observed: 5

34. European Starling   Number observed: 56

35. Gray Catbird   Number observed: 6

36. American Robin   Number observed: 15

37. Cedar Waxwing   Number observed: 4

38. House Sparrow   Number observed: 4

39. House Finch   Number observed: 2

40. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 5

41. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 5

42. Orchard Oriole   Number observed: 2

43. Baltimore Oriole   Number observed: 2

44. Red-winged Blackbird   Number observed: 14

45. Brown-headed Cowbird   Number observed: 6

46. Common Grackle   Number observed: 3

47. Yellow Warbler   Number observed: 9

48. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 5

49. Indigo Bunting   Number observed: 2

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

Photo: Rose-breasted grosbeak by Sandra Rothenberg