A chilly and fairly quiet spring morning walk along the not-lake shore. After some initial difficulties, all seventeen of us did get an excellent view of a singing pine warbler, perched at the top of a walnut tree. Other highlights included a singing red-breasted nuthatch and purple finch and a drumming grouse. As I was opening the center’s gate, I was greeted with a First of the Year (FOY) ovenbird — the only one of the morning. Last Wednesday walk of the series on May 6, hope you and the neo-tropical migrants join us. Still plenty of county to cover for the migration count on May 8th.
The Saw-whet Owls, Jalled Hear that Bird, and the Turnstones are in for the Birding Cup and it looks like a record year for participation. But of course it will be doubly successful if we could also set a record for funds raised. Please consider sponsoring your favorite birder or at least urging the birds to hurry back to the ridges and valleys of central PA. Location: Shaver’s Creek Environmental CenterObservation date: 4/28/10
Notes: Migration Morning bird walk sponsored by Wiscoy for Animals
Number of species: 29 (* seen/heard 15 min. before walk) Canada Goose 3
Ruffed Grouse 1
Turkey Vulture 1
American Kestrel 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1 *
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 6
Pine Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1 *
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 *
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)