Field Ornithology Day 5

May 22nd, 2020
7am-12pm
Weather: Sunny, 70 degrees Fahrenheit
Charlotte Park and Wildlife Refuge, Charlotte VT

Habitat: Lots of shrubby habitat mixed with oaks, maples and eastern red cedar. Further up the trail the habitat was more shrubby except for some eastern white pines. At the end of the trail there were two adjacent fields separated by shrubs. Both the trails and the fields were muddy and wet.

Wood Thrush (6)
Mourning Dove (1)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (6)
Eastern Phoebe (2)
Black-throated Green Warbler (3)
Common Yellowthroat (3)
Gray Catbird (4)
Northern Cardinal (2)
Pileated Woodpecker (1)
American Redstart (5)
American Goldfinch (3)
Hermit Thrush (3)
Great Crested Flycatcher (1)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
Black-and-white Warbler (3)
Yellow Warbler (3)
Ovenbird (5)
Brown Thrasher (2)
Blue-winged Warbler (5)
Least Flycatcher (1)
Canada Goose (4)
Eastern Towhee (3)
Ring-billed Gull (1)
Blue Jay (4)
Eastern Wood Pewee (1)
Black-capped Chickadee (5)
Red-winged Blackbird (6)—saw a male and female perched on a tree. The male was bobbing his tail at her. She eventually flew off but he followed her.
Bobolink (6)
Turkey Vulture (1)—soaring above the open field
Song Sparrow (3)
Scarlet Tanager (3)
Savannah Sparrow (2)
Field Sparrow (1)
American Crow (2)
Brown-headed Cowbird (2)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1)
Common Grackle (1)
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Nashville Warbler (1)

Posted on May 22, 2020 10:18 PM by nlay4185