Wednesday, May 17, 2006
RESULTS of the Wednesday Morning Bird Walk, Sylvester and Benjamin
residences, South River Road, Auburn.  Sunny (finally!), 49-65 deg F,
light breeze, 7:00-10:15 am.

Observers:  Danny Danforth, Joan and Stan DeOrsey, Tom Hayward (leader and
recorder), Nancy Holler, Jim Walker.

Marden.

Birds seen or heard:

Wood Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon (seen in Lewiston by the DeOrseys on their way to the
   trip and by Danforth & Hayward on their way back)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler (singing at the power line cut, as usual)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird (good view)
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (nice view)
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole (spectacular views of 3 males chasing each other)
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch

TOTALS:  6 observers, 60 species

Photos by Jim Walker


Baltimore Oriole


Rose-breasted Grosbeak