What a great way to celebrate Earth Day! We spent the morning at Beckley
Creek Park and the birds were quite active. We added several FOS birds to our
list. An Osprey was flying over the grasslands and wetlands; Palm, Yellow-rumps
and Common Yellowthroats had returned in high numbers; Wood Thrush,
Yellow-throated and White-eyed Vireos, Kingbirds, Wilson's snipe and Solitary
Sandpipers were all new birds for the year. Complete list of the 52 species
follows.
Good birding,Pat BellJane BellCarol BesseLouisville
Beckley Creek Park, Jefferson, Kentucky, US
Apr 22, 2016 9:35 AM - 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
52 species
Mallard 5
Blue-winged Teal 3
Great Blue Heron 3
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Killdeer 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 1
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 1
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 4
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 18
European Starling 12
Common Yellowthroat 5
Hooded Warbler 1
Northern Parula 4
Yellow Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 11 All three observers found these birds to be numerous along
the trail close to Floyds Creek. Along with Yellow-Rumped Warblers they were in
all the trees. They had definitely moved into the area and were migrating North.
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Yellow-throated Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 12
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 17
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6