We spent the morning snooping around a few of our favorite haunts. As
others have said already, the number of birds that have arrived in the past
few days has been amazing. We were never out of range of multiple bird
songs, especially Swainson's and Wood Thrushes. Thrush numbers are probably
undercounts. Several new spring birds showed up as well.
Get outside and look around. This is prime time for spring migration.
Steve & Janet Kistler
Hart County, KY
Number of Checklists: 4
Number of Taxa: 73
Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Hart County Roads - mostly car birding, en route to Mammoth, with a
brief stop at a local school yard to check bluebird houses
Date: May 6, 2023 at 6:36 AM
(2): Mammoth Cave NP - North Entrance Rd to Maple Springs area, with
multiple roadside stops. We took 75 minutes to cover 3 miles...birds,
birds, birds.
Date: May 6, 2023 at 7:04 AM
(3): Mammoth Cave NP - Maple Springs campground road down into the gravel
track at the track at the north end (Maple Springs Loop...permanently
closed.)
Date: May 6, 2023 at 8:18 AM
(4): Mammoth Cave NP- Both sides of the river at Green River Ferry,
including Echo River Loop
Date: May 6, 2023 at 10:19 AM
2 Wild Turkey -- (1),(4)
10 Mourning Dove -- (1)
1 Killdeer -- (1)
5 Turkey Vulture -- (1),(4)
7 Red-bellied Woodpecker -- (1),(3),(4)
1 Downy Woodpecker -- (2)
5 Pileated Woodpecker -- (2),(3),(4)
*7 Eastern Wood-Pewee -- (2),(3),(4) - FOS4 Acadian Flycatcher -- (2),(3) -
FOS*
3 Eastern Phoebe -- (3)
7 Great Crested Flycatcher -- (1),(2),(3),(4)
2 Eastern Kingbird -- (1)
7 White-eyed Vireo -- (1),(2),(3),(4)
2 Yellow-throated Vireo -- (3)
1 Philadelphia Vireo -- (3)
23 Red-eyed Vireo -- (2),(3),(4)
7 Blue Jay -- (2),(3)
7 American Crow -- (1),(2),(3)
10 Carolina Chickadee -- (1),(2),(3),(4)
6 Tufted Titmouse -- (2),(3),(4)
2 Tree Swallow -- (1)
5 Barn Swallow -- (1)
12 White-breasted Nuthatch -- (1),(2),(3),(4)
14 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -- (1),(2),(3),(4)
8 Carolina Wren -- (1),(2),(3),(4)
3 European Starling -- (1)
1 Gray Catbird -- (2)
1 Brown Thrasher -- (1)
3 Northern Mockingbird -- (1)
6 Eastern Bluebird -- (1)
*1 Veery -- (2)*26 Swainson's Thrush -- (2),(3),(4)
25 Wood Thrush -- (2),(3),(4)
7 American Robin -- (1)
1 House Finch -- (1)
3 American Goldfinch -- (1),(3)
8 Chipping Sparrow -- (1),(3)
2 Field Sparrow -- (1),(4)
1 Eastern Towhee -- (1)
6 Eastern Meadowlark -- (1)
4 Red-winged Blackbird -- (1)
6 Brown-headed Cowbird -- (1),(2),(3)
3 Common Grackle -- (1)
15 Ovenbird -- (2),(3),(4)
12 Worm-eating Warbler -- (2),(3)
1 Louisiana Waterthrush -- (3)
1 Blue-winged Warbler -- (1)
2 Black-and-white Warbler -- (2)
1 Prothonotary Warbler -- (3)
21 Tennessee Warbler -- (2),(3),(4)
2 Nashville Warbler -- (2),(4)
9 Kentucky Warbler -- (2),(3)
3 Common Yellowthroat -- (1),(4)
14 Hooded Warbler -- (2),(3)
1 American Redstart -- (2)
2 Cerulean Warbler -- (4)
8 Northern Parula -- (1),(3),(4)
*2 Magnolia Warbler -- (3) - FOS*1 Bay-breasted Warbler -- (2)
2 Blackburnian Warbler -- (2),(3)
2 Yellow Warbler -- (1),(3)
1 Blackpoll Warbler -- (2)
1 Pine Warbler -- (3)
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler -- (2)
5 Yellow-throated Warbler -- (2),(3),(4)
4 Prairie Warbler -- (1),(4)
4 Black-throated Green Warbler -- (2),(3)
6 Summer Tanager -- (2),(3),(4)
11 Scarlet Tanager -- (2),(3)
12 Northern Cardinal -- (1),(2),(4)
7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak -- (2),(3)
1 Blue Grosbeak -- (1)
13 Indigo Bunting -- (1),(3),(4)
