On Saturday morning, 4 students from Kennard Elementary School in
Centreville (plus one slightly older sister) visited Tuckahoe Park and
Adkins Arboretum for a final tune-up for the upcoming World Series of
Birding. This fine group of young birders is sponsored by Steiner
Binoculars.
The youth started at the pond by the main lake at Tuckahoe and what a great
place to start. They IDed these birds:
Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole
Catbird Green Heron
Prothonotary Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pewee
Swamp Sparrow Towhee
Turkey's gobbling Great Crested Flycatcher
Carolina Chickadee Osprey
Great Blue Heron Downy Woodpecker
Kingbird Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barn Swallow Tree Swallow
Red-winged Blackbird Grackle
Cowbird American Crow
Turkey Vulture Flicker
Carolina Wren Wood Thrush
Brown Thrasher ` Field Sparrow
The Wood Duck, seen earlier in the week in the pond, was missing.
This small pond is a very birdy place and not to be missed on a trip to
Tuckahoe.
The youth totaled 73 species from 6:15 until 10:30 am. Other highlights
were:
Yellow-breasted Chat
Louisiana Waterthrush
Black and White Warbler
Prairie Warbler (the Parulas heard earlier in the week were missing)
Pine Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Many Indigo Buntings
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
On the way home, we found a Kestrel and heard Grasshopper Sparrows singing
at the corner of Rt. 309
and Ruthsburg Road. Continuing down 309, we heard and saw 2 Meadowlarks
sitting on the phone lines.
The kids are heading for Cape May on Wednesday morning to spend 3 days
scouting in preparation for
for the Big Day.
Jim Wilson
Queenstown
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