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I decided to go to Village Creek as I woke up this morning. Just seemed like the thing to do. I checked the weather in Forrest City and it was raining but it was predicted that it would stop from about 8 and be okay until about 11. I figured that might even help if the rain forced migrants to ground over night. So I got away at 6:05 and got there about 7:55. My plan was to walk the Military Road Loop Trail to the hanging bridge. The visit got off to good start when I saw a Barred Owl on a limb about 3 feet off the ground and 5 feet from the road. He watched me drive by but didn’t like me coming back to look at him and flew away. The most common bird might have been Northern Parula, it seems like there was always one in listening range. I also got first of season Northern Bobwhite, Acadian Flycatcher, and Great Horned Owl. I covered probably 3 miles total,  encountering 33 species.

Species seen or heard:

• Northern Bobwhite *
• Acadian Flycatcher *
• Great Horned Owl *
• Tufted Titmouse
• Northern Parula
• Northern Cardinal
• Barred Owl
• Summer Tanager
• Eastern Bluebird
• Northern Flicker
• Pileated Woodpecker
• American Crow
• Blue Jay
• Barn Swallow
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• Belted Kingfisher
• Canada Goose
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Green Heron
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Carolina Wren
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Yellow-throated Vireo
• Mourning Dove
• Eastern Phoebe
• Black-throated Green Warbler
• Carolina Chickadee
• White-eyed Vireo
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Field Sparrow

Dennis Braddy reported a White-faced Ibis at Saul’s today so after attending to some chores and waiting for Sam to get home from school we headed over there. We found the ibis as well as many other shorebirds most of which were life birds for Sam. Plus I saw a single Piping Plover among the Yellowlegs, a life bird for me too! * = first of season, ** = Life Bird!

Species seen or heard at Saul’s:

• Piping Plover **
• White-faced Ibis *
• Great Egret
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Common Grackle
• Long-billed Dowitcher

Taking a beautiful day off, I went to Allsopp and Murray Parks this morning. I arrived at Allsopp at 7:30 having recently reviewed the trail map ( found at http://tinyurl.com/cxv7wr ) wanting to learn more about the park. I traveled some new to me areas in the highlands seeing a few first of seasons. I then moved to Murray, seeing some other interesting birds including perhaps last of season gulls. First of seasons marked with an asterisk. I spent about 3.5 hours at the two parks.

Species seen or heard at Allsopp Park:

• Great Crested Flycatcher *
• Chimney Swift *
• European Starling
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• White-eyed Vireo
• Tufted Titmouse
• Carolina Chickadee
• American Robin
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• American Crow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Northern Cardinal
• Carolina Wren
• Blue Jay
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Eastern Towhee
• Pine Warbler
• Northern Parula
• Hermit Thrush
• Mourning Dove
• House Sparrow
• Eastern Phoebe
• Hooded Warbler

Species seen or heard at Murray Park:

• Orchard Oriole *
• Eastern Kingbird *
• Cliff Swallow *
• American Crow
• European Starling
• Northern Mockingbird
• Fish Crow
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Canada Goose
• Eastern Towhee
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Purple Martin
• Blue Jay
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
• American Robin
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Common Grackle
• Turkey Vulture
• White-throated Sparrow
• Mourning Dove
• Carolina Chickadee
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker
• Tufted Titmouse
• Northern Cardinal
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Northern Parula
• White-eyed Vireo
• Ring-billed Gull
• Double-crested Cormorant
• Bonaparte’s Gull
• Eastern Phoebe
• Belted Kingfisher
• Brown-headed Cowbird