I took Wednesday off today and went to Craighead Forest Park. I made the mistake of leaving later than I should have and didn’t get there until 9 AM, two hours after sunrise. The birding was slower than I expected, perhaps that was why. I walked the area for 3 hours, leaving at noon, getting a morning’s tally of 32 species. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day was a Winter Wren although it was not truly notable, just unexpected. What’s interesting is I’m learning that not all exotic and mysterious sounding birds are warblers, listen to a Brown-headed Cowbird or a Field Sparrow some time.
Species seen or heard:
- Canada Goose
- American Robin
- Northern Mockingbird
- Killdeer
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Carolina Wren
- Brown Thrasher
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Eastern Towhee
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- European Starling
- Pine Warbler
- Mourning Dove
- Tufted Titmouse
- American Crow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Winter Wren
- Blue Jay
- Field Sparrow
- Northern Cardinal
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Eastern Bluebird
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Carolina Chickadee
- Belted Kingfisher
- Green Heron
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Fish Crow
