Field Ornithology: Day 1

I went out in the morning to Woodside Park in Essex, VT. It was high of 72 degrees F today and sunny, when I went out it was probably 60/65 degrees F. When I arrived, I was greeted with what sounded like a thousand different calls, all of the birds were super lively. Even though today we were supposed to be looking for waterbirds and waterfowl, the only true water bird I saw was a Solitary Sandpiper and (what I thought was) a Ring-billed gull soaring super high above me. The rest of my observations were mostly songbirds. I saw a few lifers today including a lot of American Redstarts and a Northern Rough-winged swallow which I originally thought was a chimney swift until I saw the white underside. I walked the loop twice and along the water three times just to make sure I didn't miss any water birds. I took voice memos when I could, which I will upload later once I can decipher calls. The only problem with today was that there were too many calls and sounds at once to decipher species or pinpoint one call since I'm not that experienced with calls.

Posted on May 25, 2021 01:13 AM by elizabethkaufmann