Nature Done Wright

Stephanie Seymour reports:

    It was a GORGEOUS day today, and lots of people were out. I did a loop around CF and also spent some time on Pirie Platform during the Hour from the Tower.    
    My best highlight was on the Scout Platform as a ruby-throated hummingbird sat very close by on a tree
branch.
   I got  bunch of photos. Check them out (plus lots of others) here at:

http://www.purplechickadee.com/celeryfarm

   Also, a black and white Warbler (female of juvie) was foraging with a few chickadees in the Dead Zone, right after walking north over the wooden footbridge.
   A Carolina wren was minding its little baby who was hopping around a tree, and a parent mockingbird was
being chased around by 2 of its babies begging for food.   
    Two Eastern Kingbirds were catching insects near Pirie Platform during the Hour.
   
  Click "Continue reading…" immediately below for Stephanie’s complete list.

Here’s the full list:

Wood Duck     25
Mallard     25
Great Blue Heron     3
Green Heron     2
Black-crowned Night-Heron     1
shorebird sp.     1
Rock Pigeon     12
Mourning Dove     8
Chimney Swift     10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     4
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Kingbird     2
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     5
Fish Crow     1
Tree Swallow     3
Barn Swallow     8
Black-capped Chickadee     4
Tufted Titmouse     1
Carolina Wren     2
American Robin     10
Gray Catbird     4
Northern Mockingbird     3
Cedar Waxwing     5
Yellow Warbler     2
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Song Sparrow     15
Northern Cardinal     10+ (many singing, saw a few babies)
Red-winged Blackbird     6
Common Grackle     3
American Goldfinch     20+
House Sparrow     2

Happy birding,

Stephanie Seymour
Englewood, NJ