One response to “Non-migration conditions”

1. Daily Walk Report

   Date: 28-Mar-07 WindDesc: light Temp(F): 50

   StartTime: 7:30 AM WindDir: NW CloudCover: none

   EndTime: 11:30 AM Location: HMF

   Notes: Cold front came through around 9:45AM and wind
   increased for about 30 minutes. Many birds around. No
   detectable migration last night, but many new birds
   appeared throughout the morning- probably local movements
   in response to the cold front.

   English Name Scientific Name Notes

   Chickadee sp. Poecile sp. – BLCACH song

   Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus – 2

   Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus –

   Wood Duck Aix sponsa – 2 flyover

   Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor –

   Canada Goose Branta canadensis –

   Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis – 4+

   Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis – many

   American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis –

   House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus –

   Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura – 2

   Brown Creeper Certhia americana –

   Killdeer Charadrius vociferus –

   Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus – many,

   Rock Pigeon Columba livia –

   Black Vulture Coragyps atratus – 4

   American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos –

   Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus –

   Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata – many

   Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata –

   Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus – in forest, 1 off

   Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis – 12+

   Herring Gull Larus argentatus – flyover

   Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus –

   Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia –

   Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos –

   Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater –

   Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis – 10+

   Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens –

   Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus –

   Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus – 3+

   Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula –

   Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa – everywhere –

   Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe – many

   Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis –

   White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis –

   Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla – many

   European Starling Sturnus vulgaris –

   Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor – at the nest boxes

   Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus –

   American Robin Turdus migratorius – everywhere

   Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura – many

   White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis –