Thursday, October 11, 2012


Radnor Lake State Natural Area
October 10, 2012

Fourteen birders gathered in the birdy parking lot to begin our fifth Wednesday Walk. Cloudy and chilly, we had a remarkable morning observing 56 species, many very close-up. Next Wednesday will be our final fall walk. Join us if you can.

Canada Goose  177
Wood Duck  26
Gadwall  5
Mallard  32
Blue-winged Teal  8
Wild Turkey  5
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  2
American Coot  24    
Chimney Swift  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  7
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Pileated Woodpecker  3
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Acadian Flycatcher  1    
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  25
American Crow  9
Carolina Chickadee  18
Tufted Titmouse  10
White-breasted Nuthatch  8
Brown Creeper  12    
Carolina Wren  12
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Eastern Bluebird  2
Swainson's Thrush  1
American Robin  57
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  8
Golden-winged Warbler  1   
Tennessee Warbler  10
Orange-crowned Warbler  2
Nashville Warbler  5   
Common Yellowthroat  2
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  19
Bay-breasted Warbler  6
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  25
Black-throated Green Warbler  12
White-throated Sparrow  4   
Northern Cardinal  17
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  7
Indigo Bunting  1
Common Grackle  100
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  2

Susan Hollyday