Water Birds: Field Orno Day 1

May 18th 2020
6:45am-11:45am
Delta Park, Colchester VT
Weather: mostly sunny, 52 degrees Fahrenheit
Habitat: shrubs, marsh, open water-- Winooski River and Lake Champlain

12 Canada Geese-- 6 of them were a family of a pair + 4 goslings
2 Wood Ducks-- males only
2 Baltimore Orioles
1 American Goldfinches
5 Common Yellowthroats
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker-- first one I've ever seen!
4 Blue Jays
1 Yellow Warblers
12 Red-winged Blackbirds
5 Common Mergansers
6 Barn Swallows
70 Double-crested Cormorants-- all landing in the water together
5 Gray Catbirds
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Eastern Phoebe
10 Northern Cardinals
1 Eastern Screech Owl-- female nesting in a snag by the river
6 Great Egrets
4 Common Goldeneyes
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
3 Downy Woodpeckers
1 Hairy Woodpecker
3 Cedar Waxwings
2 Common Grackles
1 Turkey Vulture
13 Ring-billed Gulls

Posted on May 18, 2020 08:18 PM by nlay4185