Posted by Bill Boeringer on April 20, 2019 at 19:06:54
26 birders met under gray skies for this walk at AD Barnes. Early on, it appeared we would have more birders than birds, but eventually we found two fruiting trees and some Virginia Creeper that held good assortments of warblers, although unfortunately looks were not always the best. By the end of the day we had at least 35 species tallied, including 11 warblers and 3 raptors (Broad-winged Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, and Osprey), and some posing Red-masked Parakeets. Thanks everybody who came out! My day's list: Egyptian Goose 3 Muscovy Duck 5 Eurasian Collared-Dove 12 Mourning Dove 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Common Gallinule 1 Cattle Egret 4 Green Heron 1 White Ibis 3 Osprey 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Red-masked Parakeet 4 Blue Jay 5 Fish Crow 3 Gray Catbird 3 Northern Mockingbird 5 European Starling 7 Common Grackle 1 Black-and-white Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 2 Cape May Warbler 8 Northern Parula 3 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 Palm Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 2 Northern Cardinal 4 House Sparrow 1 Also seen: Loggerhead Shrike, Red-eyed Vireo, Worm-eating Warbler