Saturday 4/26/08

Boardwalk - Warblers & Vireo's

1. Blue-winged
2. Tennessee
3. Orange-crowned
4. Nashville
5. Yellow
6. Chestnut-sided
7. Black-throated Blue
8. Black-throated Green
9. Yellow-rumped
10. Blackburnian
11. Pine
12. W. Palm
13. Black & White
14. Prothonotary
15. Ovenbird
16. N. Waterthrush
17. C. Yellowthroat
18. Hooded Warblers - 3
19. White-eyed Vireo - 2
20. Blue-headed Vireo
21. Warbling Vireo
22. Red-eyed Vireo

Others at the Boardwalk

1. Snowy Egret - flew over to Ottawa NWR
2. G. Blue Heron
3. G. Egret
4. Sora - heard
5. Common Tern
6. M. Dove
7. R.b. Woodpecker
8. Downy Woodpecker
9. N. Flicker
10. Eastern Phoebe - 3
11. Least Flycatcher
12. Great-crested Flycatcher
13. Blue jays
14. Tree Swallows
15. Red-breasted Nuthatch
16. House Wrens
17. G.C. & R.C. Kinglets
18. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
19. Veery
20. Swainson's Thrush
21. Hermit Thrush
22. Wood Thrush
23. A. Robin
24. Gray Catbirds
25. E. Starlings
26. Eastern Towhee
27. Song Sparrow
28. Lincoln's Sparrow
29. Swamp Sparrow
30. White-throated Sparrow
31. N. Cardinal
32. R.b. Grosbeak - 2
33. Red-winged Blackbirds
34. Rusty Blackbirds
35. C. Grackle
36. Baltimore Oriole
37. American Goldfinch

Causeway

1. C. Geese
2. Mallard
3. Blue-winged Teal
4. N. Shoveler

Crane Creek State Park - beach area

1. Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs
2. Spotted Sandpiper
3. Killdeer
4. Ruddy Duck
5. Lesser Scaup
6. Bald Eagle
7. Red-tailed Hawk

Sportsman's Migratory Bird Center

1. Purple Martins
2. Barn & Tree Swallows

Friday 4/25/08

Boardwalk

1. Worm-eating Warbler
2. Orange-crowned Warbler
3. Blackburnian Warbler
4. Ovenbird
5. Black-throated Green Warbler
6. Palm Warbler
7. Black & White Warbler
8. Yellow-rumped Warbler
9. Yellow Warbler
10. Wood Thrush
11. N. Flicker
12. WHIP-POOR-WILL - seen late in the evening near # 4

Tower & nature center

1. Bald Eagle
2. Broad-winged Hawks 100's
3. Red-tailed Hawks
4. Cooper's Hawk
5. Sharp-shinned Hawks
6. N. Harrier
7. Turkey Vultures
8. Chimney Swift
9. B. Kingfisher
10. Green Heron
11. G. Blue Heron
12. Great Egret
13. Palm Warbler
14. Yellow-rumped Warbler
15. Yellow Warbler
16. Black & White Warbler
17. Nashville Warbler
18. R.C. Kinglet
19. B.C. Chickadee
20. Brown Thrasher
21. Purple Martin
22. Tree Swallow
23. Barn Swallow
24. Rusty Blackbird
25. C. Grackle
26. Red-winged Blackbird
27. B.H. Cowbird
28. Song Sparrow
29. Swamp Sparrow
30. Chipping Sparrow
31. White-throated Sparrow
32. White-crowned Sparrow
33. House Wren
34. Blue jays - many
35. Common Terns
36. R.b. Gulls
37. Mallard
38. Killdeer
39. A. Coot
40. D.C. Cormorant
41. A. Robin
42. M. Dove
43. A. Goldfinch
44. N. Cardinal
45. C. Goose

Sunday Afternoon - 4/20/08

Observers: Shane and Laura Roberts

Boardwalk

Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prothonatary Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Nashville Warbler

Possible Orange-crowned Warbler (insufficient length of time for positive id, but Kenn Kaufmann informed us that they are being caught and banded at Navarre Marsh.)




Photographs by Shane Roberts


Unfortunately the Yellow Warbler would not expose itself. Both these photographs were taken at about the same time.

Saturday 4/19/08

Causeway

1. Horned Grebe - 2
2. Pied-billed Grebe - 2
3. N. Shoveler - 2
4. Blue-winged Teal - 4
5. Ring-necked Duck - 1
6. A. Coot - 100 +
7. Mallard - 4
8. Wood Ducks - 2
9. Trumpeter Swans - 4
10. Great Blue Herons
11. Great Egret
12. Tree Swallows
13. Swamp Sparrows
13. Song Sparrows
14. Killdeer
15. Virginia Rail
16. Sora
17. Common Tern - 1
18. Ring-billed Gull
19. Herring Gull
20. Bald Eagle
21. Northern Harrier
22. D.C. Cormorants
24. Canada Geese

Boardwalk

1. Northern Waterthrush
2. Louisiana Waterthrush
3. Prothonotary Warbler
4. Black & White Warbler
5. Palm Warbler
6. Nashville Warbler
7. N. Parula
8. Yellow-rumped Warbler
9. Blue-headed Vireo
10. White-eyed Vireo
11. A. Woodcock
12. C. Tern
13. M. dove
14. E. Screech Owl
15. B. Kingfisher
16. Downy Woodpecker
17. N. Flicker
18. Blue jays
19. Tree Swallow
20. Barn Swallow
21. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
22. Winter Wren - 4
23. G.C. Kinglet - 1
24. R.C. Kinglets - all over and singing!!
25. Hermit Thrush
26. A. Robin
27. Brown Thrasher - 3
28. E. Starlings
29. Eastern Towhee - 2
30. Chipping Sparrow - 2
31. Song Sparrows - many
32. Swamp Sparrow - 1
33. White-throated Sparrows - many
34. D.E. Junco - 4
35. N. Cardinals
36. Red-winged Blackbirds
37. Common Grackles
38. Rusty Blackbirds
39. Brown-headed Cowbirds
40. A. Goldfinch
41. Wood Ducks - 4
42. Blue-winged Teal - 2

Sportsman's Migratory Bird Center

1. Purple Martin - 2 males


Photographs by Shane Roberts