South Mastick Field Trip April 10, 2010
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Western Cuyahoga Audubon
Society South Mastick Field Trip, Saturday, April 10, 2010, 8–10 a.m. Trip Leader: Dave Graskemper
A Bald Eagle perched by the river, offering
a close-up look. Spring birds were in evidence: Yellow-bellied
Sapsuckers, Brown Creepers, Yellow-rumped Warblers and Eastern
Bluebirds. Bright sunshine made up for morning temperatures in
the high 30’s. As a post-script, a few from the group
traveled to see a Great Horned Owl nest near Willow Bend. An
owlet mostly in feathers, but partly in down was perched on a
limb near the nest. 18 birders, 36 bird species Canada Goose (5) Wood Duck (2) Mallard (6) Great Blue Heron (1) Bald Eagle (1) Red-tailed Hawk (1) Herring Gull (1) Mourning Dove (2) Belted Kingfisher (2) Red-bellied Woodpecker (8) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3) Downy Woodpecker (6) Northern Flicker (10) Pileated Woodpecker (1) Eastern Phoebe (3) Blue Jay (2) American Crow (2) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (3) Black-capped Chickadee (2) Tufted Titmouse (5) White-breasted Nuthatch (6) Brown Creeper (2) Golden-crowned Kinglet (2) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2) Eastern Bluebird (4) American Robin (24) European Starling (2) Yellow-rumped Warbler (5) Chipping Sparrow (3) Song Sparrow (3) White-crowned Sparrow (1) Northern Cardinal (2) Red-winged Blackbird (2) Brown-headed Cowbird (7) American Goldfinch (9) House Sparrow (1) |
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