Saturday, May 20, 2017

Tanager wasteland

fledgling Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Dekay's Brown Snake Storeria dekayi
  Went west with Dan to have a snoop for a Summer Tanager found by Jesse White a few days ago in a suburban wasteland - a great record. No luck on the twitch, but we did come across some season firsts, and a lovely little Dekay's Brown Snake, which I removed from the perilous bike path. Wot a tiny little ripper, I yelped in an Australian accent. 

Parc Centenaire William Cosgrove, May 20, 2017
Double-crested Cormorant-4
Great Blue Heron-1
Canada Goose-15
Wood Duck-1
Mallard-2
Turkey Vulture-1
Ring-billed Gull-4
Downy Woodpecker-2
Great Crested Flycatcher-1 heard
Warbling Vireo-5
Blue Jay-1
American Crow-2
Black-capped Chickadee-4
Red-breasted Nuthatch-2
American Robin-8+
Gray Catbird-5
European Starling-4
Tennessee Warbler-6
Yellow Warbler-8
Chestnut-sided Warbler-1 heard
Magnolia Warbler-1
Yellow-rumped Warbler-1
American Redstart-5
Ovenbird-1 heard
Northern Cardinal-6
Song Sparrow-1
Baltimore Oriole-4, attending and defending nests
Red-winged Blackbird-10
Common Grackle-4
American Goldfinch-6+
House Finch-4
+ Dekay's Brown Snake-1

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