Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society

Field trip at South Mastick Picnic Area, Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Leader: Dave Graskemper

Huge trees, wildflowers and a bright sunny morning made a great backdrop for our bird walk.  A Bald Eagle flew upriver and perched nearby for great looks.  Baltimore Orioles and warblers are back. 

Fourteen birders, fifty species of birds

Canada Goose – 2

Mallard – 6

Turkey Vulture – 12

Bald Eagle – 1

Red-tailed Hawk – 1

Spotted Sandpiper – 1

Ring-billed Gull – 1 (In addition, many gull flyovers, but to high to id)

Mourning Dove – 1

Chimney Swift – 12

Belted Kingfisher – 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker – 6

Downy Woodpecker – 3

Northern Flicker – 3

Eastern Phoebe – 2

Great Crested Flycatcher – 3

Warbling Vireo – 6

Red-eyed Vireo – 2

Blue Jay – 6

American Crow – 1

Tree-Swallow – 4

Northern Rough-winged Swallow – 30

Barn Swallow – 3

Black-capped Chickadee – 4

Tufted Titmouse – 7

White-breasted Nuthatch - 3

House Wren – 2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 4

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 6

Eastern Bluebird – 1

Swainson’s Thrush – 1

Wood Thrush - 3

American Robin – 15 (One on her nest in picnic shelter)

Gray Catbird – 7

European Starling – 5

Tennessee Warbler – 1

Nashville Warbler – 3

Yellow Warbler – 5

Yellow-rumped Warbler – 1

Black-throated Green Warbler – 2

Black and White Warbler – 2

Northern Waterthrush – 1

Chipping Sparrow – 4

Song Sparrow- 2

White-throated Sparrow – 3

Northern Cardinal – 4

Common Grackle – 8

Brown-headed Cowbird – 10

Baltimore Oriole – 7

American Goldfinch – 12

House Sparrow – 3