Palmyra Cove Nature Center, May 15, 2019
Finally, a day without rain!! Brilliant sun and blue skies welcomed the Pathways trip to Palmyra Cove. Lots of birds, especially warblers and Baltimore Orioles, vocalizing and in many cases challenging us to not only identify them by song but to try and find them in the foliage. We were relatively successful in both aspects as we saw and heard eight species of warbler as well as several Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Red-eyed Vireos. Canada Geese with their goslings and Wild Turkey crisscrossed our route several times, with the goslings almost at arm’s length distance and their parents keeping a watchful eye. We saw or heard a total of 48 species.
Text and Photographs by Robert Koch
Participants:
Joe Costanza, Peggy and Dino Fiabane, Robert Koch, Chris and Jean Tindall and Miriam Swartz. Guests: Carol Bishop, Lars Loercher, Bill Oliver, Janet Walsh, Mike Zickler and Maryellen Zitzler.
Bird List:
Canada Goose
Mallard Duck
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Wild Turkey
Double-crested Cormorant
Laughing Gull
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Black-throated Blue.
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Indigo Bunting
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Northern Cardinal
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Blue Grosbeak
