NPV Birding: Southerly winds
A note to those missing eBird checklists. We had a small mishap when adding folks through the app in our last two walks. If you shared your username or email at the end of our walks but are still missing the checklist in your eBird, please send me a message and I will add you.
Over the past week, the storms have brought a great series of birds through the city. For us last week, that included 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak just as our walk began. A great sight to see! These birds continued near the trailhead even while we gathered to through our checklist. We counted 43+2 other taxa. It was also great to see our nest continuing with the Grackle nest still occupied and a direct look at the nesting Cooper's Hawk.
Other new birds for the season included two Solitary Sandpipers, a Nashville Warbler, and a Palm Warbler. If you've been out birder anywhere else this week you've probably witnessed countless Yellow-rumped Warblers and Palm Warblers throughout.
The week continued with great migration with the night of April 30th being our biggest migration date thus far. Tonight's movement looks busy as well so I am looking forward to what we'll see. The Birds in My Neighborhood program at Openlands has kept me outside this week and it's been great to witness a great variety of birds. I hope we get to see many of these including a few Scarlet Tanagers, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Northern Parulas, Blue-winged Warblers, Red-headed woodpeckers, and more.
With May here, it's time to double down on reminding folks to keep unnecessary lights off at night from 11pm to 6am. This small act works to help preserve our migrating birds as they head into their breeding grounds. Equally so, please keep cats indoors as they also pose a threat to all birds, especially during migration and nesting seasons.
4/27/2024 eBird Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S170536761
Bird List:
- Canada Goose
- Wood Duck
- Mallard
- Mourning Dove
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Ring-billed Gull
- Herring Gull
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Green Heron
- Great Blue Heron
- Turkey Vulture
- Cooper's Hawk
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- American Kestrel
- Eastern Phoebe
- Blue Jay
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Tree Swallow
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- House Wren
- European Starling
- Gray Catbird
- Swainson's Thrush
- American Robin
- American Goldfinch
- White-throated Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Common Grackle
- Nashville Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- warbler sp.
- waterthrush sp.
Happy birding!
yorickgarcia (J'orge)
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