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Cecil Birds, Sunday May 6, 2007

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Marcia Watson

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Marcia Watson

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Mon, 7 May 2007 15:32:11 -0400

I led a field trip for the Cecil Bird Club yesterday, Sunday, May 6, 2007.  We 
visited Meadow Park in Elkton and Elk Neck State Forest, off Irishtown Rd near 
NorthEast.  We had a total of 60 bird species, including 11 warblers, including 
some of our resident breeders.  Complete list follows.

Sunday, May 6, 2007
Combined Species List
Meadow Park (MP) and Elk Neck State Forest (ENSF)
Observers:  Bill Cady, Richard Donham, Lizzie Parker, Gene Scarpulla, Marcia 
Watson
 
Great Blue Heron (both)
Great Egret (MP)
Canada Goose (MP)
Mallard (MP)
Black Vulture (both)
Turkey Vulture (both)
Osprey (both)
Broad-winged Hawk (ENSF)
Red-tailed Hawk (ENSF)
Killdeer (MP)
Greater Yellowlegs (MP)
Solitary Sandpiper (MP)
Ring-billed Gull (both)
Mourning Dove (both)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (ENSF)
Downy Woodpecker (both)
Pileated Woodpecker (ENSF)
Great Crested Flycatcher (ENSF)
Tree Swallow (MP)
Barn Swallow (MP)
Blue Jay (ENSF)
American Crow (both)
Fish Crow (both)
Carolina Chickadee (both)
Tufted Titmouse (both)
White-breasted Nuthatch (MP)
Carolina Wren (both)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (MP)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (MP)
Wood Thrush (ENSF)
American Robin (both)
Gray Catbird (ENSF)
European Starling (both)
Yellow-throated Vireo (ENSF)
Warbling Vireo (both)
Red-eyed Vireo (both)
Northern Parula (ENSF)
Yellow Warbler (MP)
Magnolia Warbler (ENSF)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (both)
Black-throated Green Warbler (ENSF)
Pine Warbler (both)
Black-and-white Warbler (ENSF)
American Redstart (ENSF)
Worm-eating Warbler (ENSF)
Ovenbird (ENSF)
Hooded Warbler (ENSF)
Scarlet Tanager (ENSF)
Northern Cardinal (MP)
Indigo Bunting (both)
Eastern Towhee (both)
Chipping Sparrow (MP)
Red-winged Blackbird (MP)
Common Grackle (both)
Brown-headed Cowbird (both)
Baltimore Oriole (MP)
House Finch (MP)
American Goldfinch (both)
House Sparrow (MP)

Butterfly Species (all at ENSF):
Tiger Swallowtail (both Yellow and Black forms)
Spring Azure
Mourning Cloak
American Lady
Juvenal’s Duskywing
Common Sootywing

Wildflowers in bloom at ENSF:
Pink Lady’s Slipper Orchid
Sweet White Violet
Bluets
Pinxter-bloom  
________________
Marcia Watson

Cecil Bird Club
www.udel.edu/cecilbirds