September 5, 2020

Today was the first walk of the fall 2020 season. The weather was excellent, 65 degrees to start with a light breeze to keep the bugs down, 80 degrees to end. Twenty-one birders (including myself) started the day so we spread out into two groups. Sixty-two species was the final count. They are as follows:

​Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Carolina Wren, Carolina Chickadee, Blue Jay, Great Crested Flycatcher, Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker, Black-and-white Warbler, Osprey, Laughing Gull, Northern Harrier, Great Blue Heron, American Goldfinch, Double-crested Cormorant, Herring Gull, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Marsh Wren, Clapper Rail, Little Blue Heron (immature), House Finch, Great Egret, Downy Woodpecker, Grey Catbird, Solitary Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, White-eyed Vireo, Eastern Bluebird, Bobolink, Blue Grosbeak, Mourning Dove, Prairie Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-winged Blackbird, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Glossy Ibis, Blue-winged Teal, American Crow, Mute Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs, Mallard, Wood Duck, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Canada Goose, Pied-billed Grebe, Pectoral Sandpiper, Least Bittern, Purple Martin, Turkey Vulture, Eastern Kingbird, Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Black Vulture, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Field Sparrow, and American Redstart.

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