NASWC Bird Walk 09.30.07

Birds Observed on the NASWC Bird Walk.

• Great Blue Heron
• Snowy Egret
• Green Heron
• Black Vulture
• Turkey Vulture
• Cooper's Hawk - We saw one circling near the creek and being escorted by a flock of about 15 starlings.
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Killdeer
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper - briefly in the soccer fields with the Killdeer
• White-winged Dove
• Mourning Dove
• Chimney Swift
• Belted Kingfisher
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Eastern Phoebe
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
• White-eyed Vireo - Mostly heard rather than seen, but we did get a couple glimpses.
• Blue Jay
• Barn Swallow
• Carolina Wren - Heard only.
• Bewick's Wren - Heard and briefly seen.
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Northern Mockingbird
• European Starling
• Common Yellowthroat
• Wilson's Warbler
• Northern Cardinal
• Indigo Bunting - One juvenile bird was in the reeds in the creek near the eastern edge of our walk.
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Common Grackle
• Great-tailed Grackle
• Baltimore Oriole - There were 2 drab females in the dead tree by the parking lot.
• House Finch - These were the first I've seen this fall.
• American Goldfinch
• House Sparrow
  

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