Wednesday, June 1, 2011

River Ridge Birds

Jay Taylor birded in River Ridge today. I've asked him to share his list:

Birds seen along Sideling Mountain Trail, Constant Run Rd. and Pioneer Trail
(8:15 - 10:45 am).

Wood Duck: 2
Mourning Dove: 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 4
Downy Woodpecker: 2
(Red-shafted) Northern Flicker: 3
Pileated Woodpecker: 3
Eastern Wood Pewee: 4
Acadian Flycatcher: 1
Eastern Phoebe: 9
Great-crested Flycatcher: 6
Eastern Kingbird: 1
Red-eyed Vireo: 12
Blue Jay: 3
American Crow: 4
Tree Swallow: 1
Tufted Titmouse: 10
Black-capped Chickadee: 3
White-breasted Nuthatch: 10
Carolina Wren: 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 3
Eastern Bluebird: 4
American Robin: 11
Northern Mockingbird: 1
Brown Thrasher: 1
Cedar Waxwing: 4
Northern Parula: 3
Worm-eating Warbler: 1
Louisiana Waterthrush: 1
Northern Cardinal: 2
Indigo Bunting: 9
Eastern Towhee: 2
Chipping Sparrow: 11
Song Sparrow: 2
Brown-headed Cowbird: 1
Red-winged Blackbird: 3
Common Grackle: 3
Baltimore Oriole: 8
American Goldfinch: 7

Also, 1 Black Ratsnake along Constant Run Rd.



1 comment:

  1. Thanks for posting this. It will inspire some of us to hone our birding skills knowing what is right in front of our noses if we look and listen. I think I need to bring out the binoculars. I haven't seen a bunch of those in our neighborhood and some I wouldn't recognize!

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