List of Species:
Canada Goose | adults and young in marsh |
Wood Duck | at least 2 pairs flying off from marsh |
Mallard | scattered pairs and groups feeding on duckweed |
Pied-billed Grebe | 2 males well seen and heard at opposite corners of marsh |
Least Bittern | one calling male towards centre of marsh |
Great Blue Heron | 2 flying over |
Great Egret | 2 feeding in marsh |
Green Heron | single bird flying over |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | one flying |
Virginia Rail | at least 3 heard, one seen briefly, SE comer of marsh |
Killdeer | several calling and in flight |
Wilson’s Snipe | one winnowing over marsh |
Ring-billed Gull | many flying over |
Mourning Dove | several |
Belted Kingfisher | one flying down east side of marsh |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 2 in trees on north side of marsh |
Downy Woodpecker | 1 at west side of marsh |
Northern Flicker | at least 2 in trees on north side of marsh |
Pileated Woodpecker | 1 on hydro pole south end of marsh |
Alder Flycatcher | 5+ singing from west edge of marsh |
Willow Flycatcher | 1 singing from meadow area |
Least Flycatcher | 2 singing from edge of meadow |
Eastern Phoebe | 1 calling from behind houses on west side of road |
Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 calling from trees at north end of marsh |
Eastern Kingbird | 3+ on hydro wires |
Warbling Vireo | several singing in trees near marsh and along road |
Red-eyed Vireo | several singing in trees along road |
Blue Jay | 4+ |
American Crow | 8 in fields on west side or road |
Tree Swallow | 4, numbers continue low |
Barn Swallow | 4 over marsh and meadow |
Black-capped Chickadee | several in treed areas |
House Wren | 3+ singing along road |
Marsh Wren | only one distant bird heard |
Veery | 3-4 singing in treed areas |
Wood Thrush | 1 singing in trees at south edge of marsh |
American Robin | everywhere, as usual! |
Gray Catbird | 2+ in bushes near houses along road |
Brown Thrasher | 2 singing from treetops |
European Starling | small flocks |
Cedar Waxwing | 2 small groups |
Yellow Warbler | 8+ in meadow area |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | 2 in trees along the road |
Black-and-white Warbler | one in trees south of marsh |
Mourning Warbler | 2 in brushy areas |
Common Yellowthroat | 3 or 4 at edge of marsh |
Chipping Sparrow | several in roadside trees and on lawns |
Song Sparrow | several in roadside trees and bushes |
Swamp Sparrow | numerous on south side of marsh |
Northern Cardinal | 2 pairs in gardens beside road |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 2 in tall roadside trees |
Indigo Bunting | several on wires and roadside trees |
Bobolink | about 6 in grassy areas |
Red-winged Blackbird | 30+ in marsh cattails, mostly singing males |
Eastern Meadowlark | 3+ in grassland |
Common Grackle | numerous in all areas |
Brown-headed Cowbird | 10+ along wires, males displaying |
Baltimore Oriole | 5+ in roadside gardens |
American Goldfinch | several in open areas |