Nature Done Wright

Ace birder Rob Fanning saw the following species at the Celery Farm today during two hours of birding,
   (Click "Continue reading" … for the list itself.

* means new this year

Location:     The Celery Farm
Observation date:     5/15/08
Number of species:     48

Canada Goose     X
Wood Duck     X
Mallard     X
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Great Blue Heron     3
Great Egret     2
Green Heron     2
Black-crowned Night-Heron     2
Spotted Sandpiper     2+
Solitary Sandpiper     4 (1 along the brook + 3 flyovers)
Least Sandpiper     10 (flock in flight)
Mourning Dove     X
Chimney Swift     X
Downy Woodpecker     X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     X
Willow Flycatcher*     3+ (at least 2 seen well)
Least Flycatcher*     2 (1 seen, another heard)
Eastern Phoebe     X (H)
Eastern Kingbird     2
Warbling Vireo     X
Red-eyed Vireo     X (H)
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Fish Crow     X (H)
Tree Swallow     X
Barn Swallow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     2 (pair repeatedly going in/out of nest hole)
House Wren     3 (incl. pair at nest box)
Veery     1
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     X
Cedar Waxwing     20+
Northern Parula     X (H)
Yellow Warbler     X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1
Black-and-white Warbler     1 (fem)
American Redstart     3 (1 fem. 1 Im. male, 1 heard only)
Northern Waterthrush     X (H)
Common Yellowthroat     X
Wilson’s Warbler*     X (Heard only)
Song Sparrow     X
Swamp Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     2 (Heard only)
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Brown-headed Cowbird     X
Baltimore Oriole     X