Nancy and I went to Big Pool today to familiarize ourselves with the area
before the May Count. The highlights were a singing Least Flycatcher, our
first of the year Chestnut-sided Warbler, a group of 10 Rusty Blackbirds,
and a Yellow-breasted Chat. Altogether 60 species and a good walk.

The complete list:
  
 Green Heron   
 Black Vulture   
 Turkey Vulture   
 Canada Goose   
 Wood Duck   
 Red-shouldered Hawk
 Red-tailed Hawk   
 Golden Eagle   
 Rock Dove   
 Mourning Dove   
 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
 Chimney Swift   
 Red-bellied Woodpecker
 Downy Woodpecker  
 Least Flycatcher  
 Eastern Phoebe   
 Great Crested Flycatcher
 Eastern Kingbird  
 Yellow-throated Vireo
 Warbling Vireo   
 Red-eyed Vireo   
 Blue Jay   
 American Crow   
 Tree Swallow   
 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
 Barn Swallow   
 Carolina Chickadee
 Tufted Titmouse   
 White-breasted Nuthatch
 Carolina Wren   
 House Wren   
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 Eastern Bluebird  
 Wood Thrush   
 American Robin   
 Gray Catbird   
 Northern Mockingbird
 European Starling 
 Northern Parula   
 Yellow Warbler   
 Chestnut-sided Warbler
 Yellow-rumped Warbler
 American Redstart 
 Ovenbird   
 Louisiana Waterthrush
 Common Yellowthroat
 Yellow-breasted Chat
 Scarlet Tanager   
 Eastern Towhee   
 Chipping Sparrow  
 White-throated Sparrow
 White-crowned Sparrow
 Northern Cardinal 
 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
 Red-winged Blackbird
 Eastern Meadowlark
 Rusty Blackbird   
 Common Grackle   
 Baltimore Oriole  
 American Goldfinch

Elliot

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Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
kingfisher500 at comcast dot net