Brightview Farm, June 9, 2016

Brightview Farm, June 9, 2016

Savannah Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow

A bright, breezy, cool and sunny day greeted ten ML Birders at Brightview Farm. We managed to see and/or hear 25 species with excellent views of a Bobolink and a questionable sparrow perching and singing on a pasture fence. The sparrow was initially thought to be a Grasshopper Sparrow but after Joe Costanza looked at his picture of the bird the ID is leaning towards a Savannah Sparrow. We also got to see a fawn scamper by and a Red Fox sitting out in the pasture.

Participants: Joe Costanza, Earl and Sandy Evens, Gil Goering, Janet Jackson Gould, Robert Koch, Kay Smith, Marilyn Tillman, Louise Tompkins and Ro Wilson.

Bird List:

Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Eastern Bluebird
Mourning Dove
Blue Jay
Crow sp.
European Starling
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Bobolink
Indigo Bunting
House Finch
Carolina Wren
Song Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow