NASWC Bird Walk 05.06.07

Birds Observed on the NASWC Bird Walk.

Blue-winged Teal - A few were wading in the creek.
Snowy Egret - Before everyone showed up 4 or 5 flew past us near the creek.
Green Heron - Heard and seen perched on a wire over the smaller creek
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk - Flew right over us holding its wings oddly bent, probably because it was flying into the southeast wind.
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Heard only
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Heard only
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Great looks at a perched bird which even sang for us
Least Flycatcher - This is my best guess at an empidonax flycatcher that we struggled to see flitting through the leaves, but we could hear its "whit" calls.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Had one briefly fly over
Blue Jay
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren - Heard only
Gray Catbird - 2 were seen near the entrance to the flood plain property.
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler - One briefly seen near the entrance to the flood plain property.
Common Yellowthroat - We had great looks at this black-masked warbler.
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole - One orange and black male was briefly seen.
House Finch
House Sparrow

updated: 05/14/2008