Highlights of a hike around the Beaver Lake Trail were my FOS NORTHERN
PARULA, and a female WOOD DUCK with five ducklings. Interestingly I found the
Wood Duck family when I heard an outraged squawk - of course, Wood Ducks
always
sound like they are being murdered. However, then I noticed a Red-shouldered
Hawk flying upstream very low over the water, and the Wood Duck and five
young appeared very close in that vicinity. I couldn't see whether the hawk
was
carrying anything, but I suspect that the hawk may have made a pass at the
ducklings.
Species List:
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Killdeer X
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift X
Belted Kingfisher X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe X
Great Crested Flycatcher X
Yellow-throated Vireo X
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay X
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush X
American Robin 1
Northern Parula 1
Pine Warbler X
Ovenbird X
Common Yellowthroat 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 4
American Goldfinch X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)
Wendy Ealding
