New Lifer: Blue-winged Warbler!
And now... for something no one on my flist cares about! Haha. Ah well.
A friend and I went to Governor's Bridge Natural Area and Canoe Launch. Here's what we saw:
I may have also seen a Kentucky warbler, but I'm not counting it since I'm not certain.
I also got a new species for my life list: a blue-winged warbler. This makes me especially happy, because I think warblers and raptors are pretty much my favorite North American bird taxons. Unfortunately, I didn't get an especially good look at it.
I also went to the Fran Uhler Natural Area for a bit later in the day, but I mostly hiked around instead of birding. But I did see some northern cardinals, indigo buntings, tufted titmice, and a few other birds I forgot.
Next week I'm hoping to go to Cape May in New Jersey, and I am SUPER STOKED. Cape May is great because it (the tip of New Jersey) acts as a funnel point for scads of birds migrating up from the tropics. The world series of birding is there on the 10th, so we'll be there around the peak of migration season.
Life List as of this Writing
World birds: 312 species of birds total
Nearctic birds: 244 species seen for the first time in the U.S. and Canada
Paleoarctic birds: 17 species seen for the first time in Austria, Romania, and Ukraine
Neotropical birds: 51 species seen for the first time in Mexico, Brazil, the Bahamas, and Chile
A friend and I went to Governor's Bridge Natural Area and Canoe Launch. Here's what we saw:
- American Robin
- Canada Goose
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
- Orchard Oriole
- Baltimore Oriole
- Turkey Vulture
- Red-eyed Vireo
- White-eyed Vireo
- Palm Warbler
- Gray Catbird
- Common Yellowthroat
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Song Sparrow
- Baltimore Oriole
- Mallard
- Pine Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Indigo Bunting
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Phoebe
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Red-tailed Hawk
- American Goldfinch
- Tree Swallow
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Common Grackle
- Tufted Titmouse
- Carolina Chickadee
- Barn Swallow
- Great Blue Heron
I may have also seen a Kentucky warbler, but I'm not counting it since I'm not certain.
I also got a new species for my life list: a blue-winged warbler. This makes me especially happy, because I think warblers and raptors are pretty much my favorite North American bird taxons. Unfortunately, I didn't get an especially good look at it.
I also went to the Fran Uhler Natural Area for a bit later in the day, but I mostly hiked around instead of birding. But I did see some northern cardinals, indigo buntings, tufted titmice, and a few other birds I forgot.
Next week I'm hoping to go to Cape May in New Jersey, and I am SUPER STOKED. Cape May is great because it (the tip of New Jersey) acts as a funnel point for scads of birds migrating up from the tropics. The world series of birding is there on the 10th, so we'll be there around the peak of migration season.
Life List as of this Writing
World birds: 312 species of birds total
Nearctic birds: 244 species seen for the first time in the U.S. and Canada
Paleoarctic birds: 17 species seen for the first time in Austria, Romania, and Ukraine
Neotropical birds: 51 species seen for the first time in Mexico, Brazil, the Bahamas, and Chile