Autumn Migration Walk
October 24, 2006
8:00 AM
A beautiful bright sunny day, coupled with a Northwest wind, brought several birds to the park. Yellow-rumped Warblers and Phoebes are still in abundance. Many sparrows have also come in, mostly Song and White-throats. Later in the afternoon many hawks were over the landfill. I spotted a few Northern Harriers, Red Tailed Hawks, Coopers and Sharp-shinned. Attendance was poor for the walk, so I stayed for a short time. Had I remained longer, most likely there were many more species to be found
Species Account:
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Hermit Thrush (several)
Eastern Phoebe (several)
Brant (Winter is coming!)
Black Duck
Mallard
Belted Kingfisher
Song Sparrows (several)
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Flicker
Yellow-rumped Warblers (several)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Snowy Egret
Kestrel
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mourning Dove
American Robin
Blue Jay
Several White-crowned Sparrows were mixed into a flock of White-throated Sparrows.