NepRWA Board Member, Les Tyrala, led a hardy group of bird seekers through Fowl Meadow on a recent Saturday morning, and they were rewarded with the sighting of 29 species (and one spring peeper).
Les told us that he had three tough “target birds” in mind and got all three. Two Virginia rails (a rare sighting – both seen and heard), a blue-gray gnatcatcher (seen and heard), and a rose-breasted grosbeak (heard)
The complete list of species includes:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Virginia Rail
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Mockingbird
American Crow
Fish crow
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Starling
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
April 25, 2015
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