9/20/2014
Today's field trip to Shelby Park and Bottoms was pleasant, with wonderful weather and nice birding. Fourteen birders participated in the walk, and we observed forty-one species. Magnolia Warblers and American Redstarts were extremely abundant, seeming to be at nearly every corner. A Least Flycatcher perched briefly on a low branch provided the first empidonax challenge of the day. Finally, we had simply fantastic looks at a Philadelphia Vireo (a great spot by Joshua Stevenson!) at Mission Hill. A huge thank you to NTOS member Frank Fekel for leading the trip! A complete species list is below:
41 species (+1 taxa.)
| Mallard - x Turkey Vulture - 3 Killdeer - 1 Mourning Dove - 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Chimney Swift - x Ruby-throated Hummingbird = 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 2 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 Acadian Flycatcher - 1 Least Flycatcher - 1 Empidonax sp. - 1 White-eyed Vireo - 5 Philadelphia Vireo - 1 American Crow - 3 Blue Jay - 3 Carolina Chickadee - 14 Tufted Titmouse - 8 |
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 House Wren - 1 Carolina Wren - 6 Eastern Bluebird - 7 American Robin - 100+ Swainson's Thrush - 1 Gray Catbird - 3 Brown Thrasher - 12 Northern Mockingbird - 4 European Starling - 175+ Yellow Warbler - 1 Common Yellowthroat - 1 American Redstart - 13 Magnolia Warbler - 15 Wilson's Warbler - 2 Eastern Towhee - 1 Northern Cardinal - 6 Indigo Bunting - 5 Common Grackle - 14 House Finch - 4 American Goldfinch - 8 |
Chloe Walker
NTOS Field Trip Coordinator
