I had today off from work, so I took a quick late-morning look at Turkey Creek (again) to see if anything was going on. I was too late to catch up with Shirley Hills, and the park was mostly empty. The biggest change from Sunday was the prevalence of Gray Catbird calls all through the western part of the sanctuary. There were some other sprinklings of birds too, including a loose congregation of Yellow-throated Vireos, White-eyed Vireos and Blue-grey Gnatcatchers. I’ll do a quick photoblog post later of the few other shots I got off.
Catbirds are here!
Here’s the list from today (not in much of a particular order):
- Gray Catbird
- Mourning Dove
- Common Ground Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Carolina Wren
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- White-eyed Vireo
- Downy Woodpecker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Blue Jay
- Snowy Egret
- Great Blue Heron
- Tri-colored Heron
- Common Gallinule
- Anhinga
- Fish Crow
- Brown Thrasher
- Cape May Warbler
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
- Red-shouldered Hawk (♫)
Lonely Birder 