October 3, 2020

A beautiful crisp fall day for the fifth of our nine September-October Saturday morning Atlantic Audubon bird walks at Forsythe NWR. Eighty-one total species; highlights included Ovenbird, Common Gallinule, Blackburnian Warbler, Belted Kingfisher, Marsh Wren, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Clapper Rail, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Parula, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Golden- and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red-eyed Vireo, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Kingbird, Bald Eagle, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Merlin, Gadwall, American Coot, Northern Pintail, Pied-billed Grebe, Greater Yellowlegs, Baltimore Oriole, and Caspian Tern. Thanks to Renee Rubin and Michael Stanton for keeping the group's complete bird list.
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Edwin B. Forsythe NWR - Volunteer-led Saturday Morning Bird Walk (22 participants)
Oct 03, 2020....7:44 AM - 1:24 PM (5 hrs 40 minutes).....Traveling 3.14 miles

20 Canada Goose, 21 Mute Swan, 7 Wood Duck, 5 Blue-winged Teal, 3 Gadwall, 11 Mallard, 2 American Black Duck, 1 Northern Pintail, 25 Green-winged Teal, 2 Wild Turkey, 7 Pied-billed Grebe, 5 Mourning Dove, 45 Chimney Swift -- Flocks migrating. After front. Pointed wings, not swallows., 2 Clapper Rail, 1 Common Gallinule, 2 American Coot, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 6 Laughing Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 4 Caspian Tern, 1 Forster's Tern, 19 Double-crested Cormorant, 6 Great Blue Heron, 2 Great Egret, 1 Snowy Egret, 10 Turkey Vulture, 1 Osprey, 1 Northern Harrier, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2 Cooper's Hawk, 4 Bald Eagle, 3 Red-tailed Hawk, 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 3 Downy Woodpecker, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 2 Northern Flicker, 1 Merlin, 2 Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) — No sound. Lack of eye ring., 5 Eastern Phoebe, 5 Red-eyed Vireo, 23 Blue Jay, 15 American Crow, 7 Fish Crow, 7 Carolina Chickadee, 8 Tufted Titmouse, 15 Tree Swallow, 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 2 House Wren, 1 Marsh Wren, 5 Carolina Wren, 56 European Starling, 13 Gray Catbird, 1 Brown Thrasher, 1 Northern Mockingbird, 10 Eastern Bluebird, 1 House Sparrow, 5 House Finch, 12 American Goldfinch, 3 Savannah Sparrow, 3 Song Sparrow, 5 Swamp Sparrow, 1 Baltimore Oriole, 49 Red-winged Blackbird, 2 Brown-headed Cowbird, 1 Ovenbird, 7 Black-and-white Warbler, 8 Common Yellowthroat, 6 American Redstart, 7 Northern Parula, 1 Blackburnian Warbler, 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 2 Palm Warbler, 2 Pine Warbler, 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 4 Northern Cardinal, 1 Eastern Kingbird, 1 Belted kingfisher, 1 yellow-bellied sapsucker, Number of Taxa: 81