- By Carl Steckler
On Saturday May 19 Meg, I and seven brave souls braved the possibility of gnats, tics, chiggers and blood sucking carnivorous flying beasts, all to find the elusive bird. We visited Bear Swamp and the Dorothy McIlroy Preserve to see what we could find. Our first stop was the parking area off Iowa Road on Bear Swamp road. The sounds of birds surrounded us and after spending two hours without leaving the parking area we saw or heard 18 species. Not bad for an area of about 75 feet square. We saw: Turkey Vulture
Blue-headed Vireo Blue Jay Crow Red-breasted Nuthatch Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Brown-headed Cowbird Dark-eyed Junco Chipping Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting We also heard: Wood Thrush
Black-throated Blue Warbler Ovenbird Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager We then went to Dorthy McIlroy Preserve and walked the loop.. We saw or heard 21 species. Birds Seen: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Alder Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Red-eyed Vireo Crow Tree Swallow Gray Catbird Robin Magnolia Warbler Ovenbird Baltimore Oriole Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Birds Heard: Ring-necked Pheasant
Great Crested Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Veery Black-throated Green warbler Northern Waterthrush All in all a great day, many thanks to: Suan,Leishmania, Becky, Sue, Clause, Robert, Meg and Rick, great birders. |
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