RESULTS of the third "Bates Bird Walk" of 2006, held from 6:00 to 8:15 am,
Tuesday, May 9, 2006. Weather: 42-53 deg. F, partly cloudy, calm.

Observers: Jane Andrews, Doug Boyd, John Casey, Alice Chartrand, Danny
Danforth, Carol Dilley, Joline Gruz, David Haines, Tom Hayward (leader and
recorder), Mirka Hlavacova, Judy Marden, Michael Reidy, Andrew Stowe, Tom
Vining, Anne Williams.


Birds seen or heard:

Common Loon
Mallard
Bald Eagle (adult)
Merlin (female adult)
*Greater Yellowlegs (new for the trip!)
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
American Crow
European Starling
Blue-headed Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

TOTALS: 15 observers, 36 species.