We had a Yellow-rumped Warbler phenomenon on this morning's walk. Streams of yellow-rumps were flying through, moving from one tree to the next in front of us. There were so many, we had a discussion of how to get a reliable count for eBird entry. The Cornell eBird Team does provide guidance on this (http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/counting-101) and it gets easier with practice; we came up with 120 yellow-rumps with subtle plumage differences indicating their age and sex. A Ruby-crowned Kinglet was cooperatively chipping and feeding and a Purple Finch posed briefly atop a leafless tree. Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Karl Lukens, and Kyle Chelius.
41 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 140
Mute Swan 4
Tundra Swan 8
Gadwall 12
American Wigeon 8
American Black Duck 4
Mallard (Northern) 16
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Northern Shoveler 4
Northern Pintail 2
Canvasback 1
Ring-necked Duck 9
Bufflehead 8
Hooded Merganser 13
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Red-throated Loon 1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Northern Harrier (American) 1
Bald Eagle 1
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull (American) 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 14
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 17 Actual count of birds that have been lingering in the area
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren (Northern) 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 25
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 120
White-throated Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Purple Finch (Eastern) 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
