Fall migration continues apace, with the first Hermit Thrush today and a healthy influx of sparrows at the ponds. Fifty four species in total - the most diverse visit I've had yet.
chlorophonia
Oct 16, 2012
Wheaton Branch Stormwater Ponds
Traveling
1.03 miles
144 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Clear, NW force 2-3, 50 F.
20 Canada Goose
1 Wood Duck -- Male.
5 Mallard
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron -- Adult.
6 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Killdeer -- Heard overhead 0811.
1 Rock Pigeon
20 Mourning Dove
2 Belted Kingfisher
6 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
3 Eastern Phoebe
22 Blue Jay
6 American Crow
3 crow sp.
2 Carolina Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch -- 0851
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
5 Carolina Wren
3 Winter Wren
6 Golden-crowned Kinglet
17 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Hermit Thrush -- Heard calling from woods at S perimeter at 0830.
45 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
5 Northern Mockingbird
24 European Starling
1 Magnolia Warbler -- Bright but fairly plain-looking, bright yellow flanks contrasting with white vent and undertail, but not obviously marked with black. Two-tone black and white tail. Gray head, green back, two narrow white wingbars.
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
2 Palm Warbler (Western)
2 Palm Warbler (Yellow)
1 Common Yellowthroat
5 Eastern Towhee
9 Chipping Sparrow
3 Field Sparrow
28 Song Sparrow
2 Lincoln's Sparrow
8 Swamp Sparrow
11 White-throated Sparrow
6 Northern Cardinal
2 Common Grackle
33 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Purple Finch
23 House Finch
22 American Goldfinch
6 House Sparrow
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