Betsy & I completed our Breeding Bird Survey Rout this past Thursday (June
7th).
Our route (39-120 Million 2) runs south from the Valley View Ferry (south of
Lexington). We had a total of 61 species, including six that we had to write in
(Mallard, Ruby-thr Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-headed Woodpecker, Hairy
Woodpecker, Northern Parula). We did not get the Dickcissel this year. The
field
that they were in last year had already been cut.
David Lang
Scott Co.
Species Total ind. Total Stops
Mallard 20 5
Northern Bobwhite 1 1
Wild Turkey 4 2
Great Blue Heron 6 5
Green Heron 3 3
Turkey Vulture 7 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1 1
American Kestrel 4 3
Killdeer 1 1
Mourning Dove 50 24
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8 6
Chimney Swift 3 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 1
Belted Kingfisher 1 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 5
Downy Woodpecker 3 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2 1
(Yellow-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker 4 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 2
Eastern Phoebe 4 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 2
Eastern Kingbird 4 4
Warbling Vireo 2 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3 3
Blue Jay 13 11
American Crow 54 24
Purple Martin 2 2
Tree Swallow 6 5
Barn Swallow 13 7
Carolina Chickadee 13 7
Tufted Titmouse 11 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 2
Carolina Wren 15 12
House Wren 1 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 3
Eastern Bluebird 10 6
Wood Thrush 3 3
American Robin 78 27
Gray Catbird 2 2
Northern Mockingbird 12 11
Brown Thrasher 9 8
European Starling 91 21
Cedar Waxwing 5 3
Common Yellowthroat 15 12
Northern Parula 1 1
Eastern Towhee 5 4
Chipping Sparrow 8 6
Field Sparrow 10 10
Song Sparrow 28 22
Northern Cardinal 35 24
Indigo Bunting 35 18
Red-winged Blackbird 88 23
Eastern Meadowlark 17 14
Common Grackle 40 19
Brown-headed Cowbird 11 7
Orchard Oriole 4 4
Baltimore Oriole 5 5
House Finch 4 3
American Goldfinch 5 4
House Sparrow 1 1
Total Species : 61
