March 5, 2026
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
ROB FANNING: Celery Farm birds 5/20
Here is Rob Fanning’s Celery Farm report for Tuesday.
Click "Continue reading: for his list of 47 species over 2 hours.
By the way, Rob did a prestigious super-superfecta yesterday, seeing all five species of swallows at the Farm: tree, barn, cliff, rough-shouldered and the elusive bank.
Location: The Celery Farm
Observation date: 5/20/08
Number of species: 47
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck 8+
Mallard X
Great Blue Heron X
Great Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1 (along brook–nice looks)
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1 (H)
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) X (H)
Alder Flycatcher* 1 (Heard only–sang twice)
Willow Flycatcher X (1 seen)
Warbling Vireo X (H)
Red-eyed Vireo X (H)
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Carolina Wren X (H)
House Wren X (H)
Wood Thrush X (H)
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Cedar Waxwing 15+ incl. flock of 12
Northern Parula 1 (H)
Yellow Warbler 5+
Magnolia Warbler* 4+ (3 seen)
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2+ (1 female seen)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 (late)
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 (H)
American Redstart 4+ (3 seen incl. 2 ad. males)
Northern Waterthrush ~15 (several seen well)
Common Yellowthroat 15+
Wilson’s Warbler ~8 (3 seen)
Canada Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 1 (H)
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Orchard Oriole 1 (Im.–singing)
Baltimore Oriole X (H)
American Goldfinch X
-also heard a Thrush that was likely a Grey-cheeked/Bicknells-




