almost 4 dozen

Cool weather overnight brought in migrants this morning. The following list includes new arrivals along with birds that have been here in recent weeks. Most of these birds were seen on the creek, by the edge of the pond, on the edge of the marsh or at the head of the marsh.

Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Mallard
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk (the object of this morning's Murder of Crows)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher (the only large flycatcher missing from the flycatcher invasion last week)
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch ('Carolina Nuthatch' if current proposal to split the nuthatches goes through)
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Black-and-white Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Scarlet Tanager (female or young)
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole (many young birds)
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Nothing unusual but 46 species in less than 2 hours.

Eric Salzman