September 28 & other recent

Some  of the common birds in today's post were seen today, others in previous days.  The fall visitors are today's.  I also saw the red-eyed vireo today, which is not one I've identified here before.  I was able to see the red eye, which is also a feature.  I may have misidentified it as the Philadelphia vireo sometimes, but the Philadelphia has a yellowy front, the red-eyed is creamy/white. 

Common Birds: red-breasted nuthatch, chickadee (3+), goldfinch(es), cardinal (pair), gull(s), robin

Fall visitors: wren (ID?), white throated sparrow, red-eyed vireo, yellow-bellied sapsucker, brown creeper, flicker?

I didn't write down which wren I thought this was.  See upcoming (October) posts for more on wrens. 

July 10

Went for a walk in the local conservation area.

I saw: swallow?, cedar waxwing?, redwing blackbird, night heron, egret, cardinal (pair), chickadee, mallard duck, gull, tern, song sparrow?, and several little birds which were likely either kinglets or warblers (or a mix). 

June 8

Common birds: house sparrow, starling, robin, goldfinch, cardinal (pair), gull

Spring visitors: redwing blackbird

June 3

Common birds: gull, swan

June 2

Common birds: mourning dove, cardinal, gull, swan

May 27

Common birds: house sparrow, grackle, gull, cardinal, Canada goose

Spring visitors: redwing blackbird (pair)

Heard: warbler

Not sure: I saw a bird which I described as red-brown and large.  I don't know if it was the brown thrasher (see May 8), or a hawk.  The thrasher may be right, if it had seemed hawk shaped I likely would have added that in my notes. 

May 26

Common birds: blue jay, cardinal (male)?, house sparrow, grackle, starling, hawk (red tailed)?, gull


Not sure: bird of prey (ID?) - something other than the red tailed hawk. 

Heard: warbler

May 21

I was in a hurry, but I had a brief look at a warbler in a fruit tree, which I have since looked up in the bird book and feel reasonably sure it was a cape may warbler, which is one I haven't seen before. 

I also wrote warbler with a ? next to it, which may have been referring to the cape may (likely, I think), or may have been another I didn't manage to ID. 

Common birds: starling, house sparrow, grackle, cardinal (male), gull, blue jay, robin, swan

Spring visitors: rose breasted grosbeak (male), blackburnian warbler, ruby throated hummingbird, cape may warbler?

May 20

Common birds: starling, grackle, house sparrow, gull, cardinal (male), robin

May 19 pt. 2

Tagging.

May 17

Common birds: cardinal (pair), blue jay, downy woodpecker, house sparrow, gull, goldfinch, robin, chickadee, mourning dove, starling, grackle, crow

Spring visitors: redwing blackbird, white throated sparrow?, veery?, northern parula warbler, common yellowthroat (male, female?), magnolia warbler, black throated blue warbler? (female), rose breasted grosbeak (female), philadelphia vireo?, baltimore oriole

May 14

Common birds: cardinal (pair?), house sparrow, robin, starling, gull

Spring visitors: redwing blackbird (pair?), white crowned sparrow, baltimore oriole

May 13

Common birds: cardinal, downy woodpecker, robin, grackle, swan, gull, goldfinch

Spring visitors: redwing blackbird, baltimore oriole

May 12

I will add that, in a few posts, I've written "hawk" without specifying.  It's all I wrote down at the time, but in most cases it's likely a red-tailed hawk unless it says otherwise.

Common birds: robin, blue jay, mourning dove, gull, hawk, house sparrow, starling, cardinal (pair), goldfinch, chickadee

Spring visitors: baltimore oriole

Heard: redwing blackbird

May 8 pt. 3

Separated into 3 parts so I can fit all the birds into the tags.

May 4

Common birds: cardinal (pair), robin, mourning dove, crow

Overhead: gull

Heard: red-wing blackbird, chickadee

May 3

Common birds: crow, blue jay, robin, cardinal (pair), downy woodpecker (male), grackle, mourning dove, Canada goose

Overhead: gull, turkey vulture, hawk (red-tailed?)

Spring visitors: black-throated green warbler, yellow-rumped warbler

April 17

Common birds: blue jay, robin, house sparrow, mourning dove, gull, downy woodpecker (pair), starling, cardinal (pair)

April 10

Common birds: robin, starling, house finch (pair), cardinal (pair)

Spring visitors: junco

Overhead: turkey vulture (?), gull

April 6

Common birds: cardinal (pair), chickadee, robin, house finch (pair), starling, grackle, downy woodpecker (male) blue jay, house sparrow, goldfinch

Spring visitors: junco, brown-headed cowbird (pair)

Overhead: gull