11 April 2012
Nearly 20
birders joined this morning's first of the regularly scheduled Spring 2012
walks at Radnor Lake State Natural Area in sunny but chilly conditions. It was
one of those transition days where several RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS entertained us
at close range with NORTHERN PARULAS
singing and flitting overhead. Along the creek near the West Parking Lot we all
got a great look at a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, but later the YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLERS, whose song seems so similar after months of hearing neither species,
fooled some of us at first. A pair of WOOD DUCKS, perched about 20 feet off the
ground near the trail, explored a large tree cavity. Many LESSER SCAUP were
still on the lake as great numbers of NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS perched
nearby and flitted over the lake surface.
45 species
Canada
Goose 11
Wood
Duck 18Mallard 9
Blue-winged Teal 4
Lesser Scaup 44
Wild Turkey 6
Pied-billed Grebe 14
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 13
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 16
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 11
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 61
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 18
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10
Eastern Bluebird 8
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch 10
Kevin Bowden
