Posted by Bill Boeringer on October 10, 2015 at 21:49:42
20+ birders joined TAS this morning for a morning bird walk at AD Barnes Park. The weather was great, the group was fun, and the birds were out in force! 18 species of warblers, both Summer and Scarlet Tanagers, Swainson's and Gray-cheeked Thrushes, Baltimore Oriole, Indigo and Painted Buntings, all 3 falcons…..it was a terrific walk, and even beginners got some good looks at some of the birds! Highlights were a very uncooperative Nashville Warbler in a small tree at the pool parking area, the Gray-chheked Thrush near the boardwalk, and an early male Black-throated Green Warbler in the pinelands, and 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks directly overhead at the end of the main part of the walk. If keeping count at home, that's 21 species of warblers on the two fall TAS walks at AD Barnes this year! The Day's List: Great Egret Osprey Cooper's Hawk Common Gallinule American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon White-crowned Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Red-masked Parakeet Mitred Parakeet Chuck-will's-widow Red-bellied Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Kingbird Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird European Starling Hill Myna Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Baltimore Oriole