Rather quiet today, probably because of colder temps. Still most of the
species but in some cases less birds. Couldn't check northwestern Union
since the road was closed because of a sinkhole (which I reported yesterday).
Rotted out steel culvert that carries a stream under the road. They worked
on it today, so hopefully, open soon.
I had a pair of Palm Warblers foraging together today, which I thought
might have been male and female, but according to Sibley there is no variation
by sex. But one of the birds was our typical Palm and the other had a
noticeably whitish belly and was paler overall. It matched the picture of a
"western" Palm in Sibley quite well.
Boston Hollow/Yale Forest, Windham, Connecticut, US
Apr 18, 2017 8:45 AM - 2:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
36 species
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 12
Blue-headed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 1
Common Raven 2
Tree Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Winter Wren 2
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 15
Louisiana Waterthrush 6
Northern Waterthrush 1 Likely same bird as yesterday. Now singing
frequently
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2 Apparent pair, foraging together
Pine Warbler 25 In this area a very common nester. Nearly every mature
white pine has a pair. Undoubtedly a very low estimate of birds seen and
heard.
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 10
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36083536
Don Morgan
Coventry, Ct