Spent a beautiful morning at Blue Mash.  I missed the black tern Jared reported - we crossed paths and I apparently was going the wrong way...  Still, it was very active and the birds seemed to be enjoying the nice weather as much as I was.  The kinglets were everywhere.  I reported 60 to ebird, but I suspect that was a dramatic under-estimation.  More warblers still hanging around than I expected.  Highlight for me was a white-crowned sparrow that spent quite a while in the middle of the trail posing nicely.  A pied-billed grebe in the morning mist just as the sun came up was also a real lovely sight.

Full list below:


Location:     Blue Mash Nature Trail
Observation date:     10/10/10
Number of species:     47

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis     150+
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos     2
Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca     10
Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis     3
Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps     1
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura     1
Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus     1
Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus     1
hawk sp. - Accipitridae sp.     1
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus     2
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia     12
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     7
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius     1
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     7
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus     1
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus     1
Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe     2
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     25
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     10
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis     8
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula     60+
Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis     3
Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus     1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius     8
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis     8
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos     6
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica     1
Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - Dendroica caerulescens     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata     12
Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens     1
Palm Warbler - Dendroica palmarum     3
Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata     1
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas     1
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina     6
Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla     12
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     10
Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana     3
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis     7
White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys     1
Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis     2
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     4
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula     1
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater     4
Purple Finch - Carpodacus purpureus     1
American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis     1

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