woodcreeper

Date: 14-Apr-07 WindDesc: light Temp(F): 35

StartTime: 7:10 AM WindDir: W CloudCover: none

EndTime: 9:15 AM Location: HMF

Notes: very little migration last night, although large flock of
WHTHSP and DAEYJU were evidently augmented from
previous days. Two FOS birds (Palm W. and Brown Thrasher), and confirmed M&F
PILWOO.

English Name Scientific Name Notes

E. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum – 1

Chickadee sp. Poecile sp. – BLCACH song

Wood Duck Aix sponsa – 2 in woods

Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor -

Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus – 1

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis -

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis – many

American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis -

House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus – 3

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura -

Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus -

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos -

Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus -

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata -

Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus – M & F foraging

Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis – many- huge flock

Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus -

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia -

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos -

Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater – many

Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca -

Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens -

Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus -

Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula -

Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa – many

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe – many- definitely

Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis – in display fields

White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis -

Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla – many

Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus – many

Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum – 1

Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes – 2

American Robin Turdus migratorius – many

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura -

White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis – many- huge flock

This morning at Peaslee WMA-
Black and White Warbler has finally arrived!!
Also, on Tarkiln Pond seen from Weatherby Road-
a couple of Purple Martins and a couple of Barn Swallows have joined the Tree Swallows. Two Blue-wnged Teal have joined the Wood Ducks, Ring-billed Ducks and Black Ducks also on the pond.

Thanks Karen!

FOS Chipping Sparrows (2) at my feeders (it always takes everything a few extra days to make it to Somerset…) along with 4 House Finches…guess the neighbors’ feeders are empty.

Wow- and raptors!

8 Red-tailed Hawks
6 Broad-winged Hawks
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 American Kestrel
10 Black Vultures
8 Turkey Vultures
150! Vultures (8:1 Black:Turkey) at 4:30pm, in two kettles, over Amwell Rd. just east of 206