Spring at River Ridge

Our backyard stream

Is this wet forsythia?

Sideling Mtn Trail

Sideling Mtn Trail

A few shots of very small birds from FAR away!

Click the link for the Scarlet Tanager:Scarlet Tanager

 American Redstart blurry as heck

 Forsythia

 There is a chestnut-sided warbler on a middle branch here (you can click to enlarge).
Blue headed vireo

 A singing Cerulean Warbler

 Yellow-bellied flycatcher?

Scarlet Tanager

Eidelon Bird Walk Last Sunday

A few of us River Ridgers including Janet A. as our guide went out for a 7am bird walk at Eidelon. It was my first bird walk and I realized there is a lot more for me to learn. In all, 41 species were heard or spotted.  With all the migratory birds appearing it was pretty amazing. I have some photos to upload too but in the meantime here is the list with the number of each species from that morning walk.

Turkey Vulture	5
Double Crested Cormorant	1
Mourning Dove	2
Red Bellied Woodpecker	2
Downy Woodpecker	2
Hairy Woodpecker	1
Northern Flicker	3
Pileated Woodpecker	2
Great Crested Flycatcher	2
Yellow-throated Vireo	3
Blue-headed Vireo	2
Red-eyed Vireo	7
Blue Jay	8
American Crow	6
Black-cappped Chickadee	8
Tufted Titmouse	12
Red Breasted Nuthatch	1
White Breasted Nuthatch	3
Ruby Crowned Kinglet	12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	16
Hermit Thrush	1
Wood Thrush	4
American Robin	6
Chestnut-sided Warbler	1
Yellow-rumped Warbler	35
Black-throated Green Warbler	3
Blackburnian Warbler	1
Palm Warbler	1
Cerulean Warbler	22
Black and White Warbler	3
American Redstart	8
Ovenbird	1
Hooded Warbler	1
Scarlet Tanager	4
Eastern Towhee	5
Chipping Sparrow	10
White-throated Sparrow	21
Northern Cardinal	6
Brown-headed Cowbird	10
Purple Finch	2
American Goldfinch	8