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‘Stepping Up’ Results!
Gaby Schmitt reports:
Despite dire forecasts and not the best of conditions, an intrepid band of birders walked the paths of The Celery Farm from 6:00 am to 7:30pm.
A round of applause for everyone who came out to support this annual fundraising effort; our total was 80 species! Here's our final list (Thnaks, Gaby!)
Two questions:What was the bird of the day, and what common birds eluded us?
Gaby's full list follows.
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Canada Goose |
| Wood Duck |
| American Wigeon |
| Blue-winged Teal |
| Mallard |
| Wild Turkey |
| Mourning Dove |
| Chimney Swift |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Solitary Sandpiper |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Great Egret |
| Green Heron |
| Turkey Vulture |
| Osprey |
| Cooper's Hawk |
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Belted Kingfisher |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
| Eastern Kingbird |
| Least Flycatcher |
| Warbling Vireo |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
| Blue-headed Vireo |
| Blue Jay |
| American Crow |
| Fish Crow |
| Common Raven |
| Northern Rough-wing Swallow |
| Tree Swallow |
| Barn Swallow |
| Black-capped Chickadee |
| Tufted Titmouse |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
| House Wren |
| Carolina Wren |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Blue-grey Gnatcatcher |
| Veery |
| Wood Thrush |
| Hermit Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Gray Catbird |
| European Starling |
| House Finch |
| Purple Finch |
| American Goldfinch |
| Chipping Sparrow |
| White-throated Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Swamp Sparrow |
| Eastern Towhee |
| Baltimore Oriole |
| Red-winged Blackbird |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Common Grackle |
| Ovenbird |
| Northern Waterthrush |
| Blue-winged Warbler |
| Black and White Warbler |
| Common Yellowthroat |
| American Redstart |
| Northern Parula |
| Palm Warbler |
| Magnolia Warbler |
| Yellow Warbler |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Scarlet Tanager |
| Northern Cardinal |
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House Sparrow
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Wow! What an impressive list to be seen in our little Paradise, the Celery Farm. Kudos to Gaby and her merry band of birders.
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Molly
Wow! What an impressive list to be seen in our little Paradise, the Celery Farm. Kudos to Gaby and her merry band of birders.