Having done our BIG SIT at Kinder Farm Park since 2002 we decided to move to Ft. Smallwood this year and attempt to beat our previous record of 48 species. We accomplished this (54 species) with the help of 20 birders who came between 6:30am to 6:16pm. Our birds in order of appearance are as follows:
Mallard
Northern Mockingbird
Carolina Wren
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove (6:57am)
Ring-billed Gull
Northern Cardinal
Canada Goose
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch (7:07am)
Osprey
Great Blue Heron
Double-crested Cormorant
European Starling
Snowy Egret (7:18am)
Little Blue Heron
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Crow
Blue Jay
Northern Flicker (7:25am)
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Caspian Tern
Herring Gull (7:49)
Rock Pigeon
Chimney Swift
Palm Warbler
Great Egret
Tufted Titmouse (9:35am)
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Towhee
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Turkey Vulture
Belted Kingfisher (10:45am)
Bald Eagle
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Brown-headed Cowbird
Mute Swan
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (6-7am)
Eastern Phoebe (12:51)
Laughing Gull
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Forsters Tern (2pm)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Scaup (sp)
Black Vulture
Coopers Hawk (Bird 49 a new AABC record)
American Kestrel
Merlin
Brown Thrasher
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee (4:57)
Last birder left at 6:15 after a beautiful day. |