2010 COMPOSITE LIST of BIRD SIGHTINGS at Bluebird Gap Farm
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2010 COMPOSITE LIST OF BIRD SIGHTINGS AT Bluebird Gap Farm A list of cumulative “firsts” for the year by all the birders! Currently we have 83 of 159 possible species. Last updated with sightings on December 31, 2010 Check the list below to see if your sighting is a first. Species Date Reporter Location In Park (i.e. trail, structure, etc) Swans, Geese, Ducks (23) Canada Goose 2-6-10 J Seward Tool shed Tundra Swan (R) Black-bellied Whistling Ducks Wood Duck 6-26-10 J Seward Nest Box @ pond Gadwall 12-11-10 J Seward Pond American Wigeon 3-2-10 J Seward Pond American Black Duck (R) Mallard 2-6-10 J Seward Near Pond Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail (R) Green-winged Teal Canvasback (R) Redhead Lesser Scaup Greater Scaup Ring-necked Duck Muscovy Duck Bufflehead Hooded Merganser 2-6-10 J Seward On Pond Common Merganser (R) Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck (R) Turkeys, & Quail (1) Northern Bobwhite (R) Loons & Grebes (3) Common Loon (R) Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe (R) Pelicans, Cormorants, Frigatebirds (1) Double-crested Cormorant 2-4-10 J Seward Pond Bitterns, Herons, Egrets (9) Glossy Ibis Least Bittern Great Blue Heron 2-6-10 M Nichols Pond Great Egret 2-5-10 J Seward Pond Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron 5-6-10 J Seward Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night- Heron (R) Vultures (2) Black Vulture 2-5-10 J Seward Courtyard Turkey Vulture 2-5-10 J Seward Courtyard Hawks, Eagles (8) Osprey 3-11-10 J Seward Over pond Bald Eagle 4-9-10 J Seward Newmarket Creek Sharp-shinned Hawk 12-11-10 J Seward Pasture Cooper’s Hawk 2-5-10 J Seward Office deck Red-shouldered Hawk 12-28-10 J Seward Flying over farm Red-tailed Hawk 2-14-10 J Seward Over rabbits American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon (VR) Coots (1) American Coot Plovers (1) Killdeer 7-10-10 M Nichols Along Newmarket Creek Sandpipers & Phalaropes (6) Least Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Wilson’s Snipe Gulls & Terns (11) Laughing Gull 11-9-10 M Nichols Flying over parking lot Least Tern 7-20-10 M Nichols Flying over parking lot Bonaparte’s Gull Ring-billed Gull 2-12-10 M Nichols Flying over parking lot Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull 11-13-10 M Nichols Newmarket Creek Royal Tern 7-10-10 M Nichols Flying over farm Common Tern Forster’s Tern Caspian Tern Black Skimmer (UC) 7-10-10 M Nichols Flying over farm Pigeons & Doves (2) Rock Pigeon 2-5-10 J Seward Livestock barn Mourning Dove 2-4-10 J Seward Office Cuckoos (1) Yellow-billed Cuckoo Owls (3) Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Goatsuckers (2) Chuck-will’s-widow Whip-poor-will (R) Swifts, Hummingbirds, & Kingfishers (3) Chimney Swift 6-4-10 J Seward Flying over pasture Ruby-throated 7-10-10 M Nichols Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher 5-29-10 J Seward Flying over pond Woodpeckers (6) Red-bellied Woodpecker 3-9-10 J Seward Behind office Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3-9-10 J Seward Office feeder (UC) Downy Woodpecker 2-3-10 J Seward Office Hairy Woodpecker (UC) Northern Flicker 2-12-10 J Seward Picnic area Pileated Woodpecker Tyrant Flycatchers (5) Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher (UC) Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher 5-8-10 J Seward Overflow parking lot Eastern Kingbird 7-10-10 M Nichols Along Newmarket Creek Vireos (3) Philadelphia Vireo White-eyed Vireo 4-18-10 M Nichols U Shape trail Red-eyed Vireo 5-8-10 J Seward Hayride trail Jays & Crows (3) Blue Jay 3-19-10 J Seward Rabbit area American Crow 2-6-10 J Seward Flying over parking lot Fish Crow 4-8-10 J Seward Windmill tower Martins & Swallows (5) Purple Martin 7-24-10 J Seward Flying over farm Tree Swallow N Rough-winged Swallow 4-10-10 J Seward Pasture near pond Bank Swallow (R) Barn Swallow 4-10-10 J Seward Flying over pond Chickadees & Titmice (2) Carolina Chickadee 2-4-10 J Seward Office Tufted Titmouse 2-6-10 J Seward Office Nuthatches & Creepers (3) Red-breasted Nuthatch 11-14-10 J Seward Office feeder White-breasted Nuthatch 1-4-10 J Seward Radio tower Brown Creeper 2-4-10 J Seward Office Wrens (3) Carolina Wren 2-4-10 J Seward Rabbit area House Wren Winter Wren 1-13-11 J Seward Antique Barn Gnatcatchers & Kinglets (3) Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11-13-10 J Seward Newmarket Creek Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Thrushes (4) Eastern Bluebird 3-21-10 J Seward Rabbit area Hermit Thrush 12-8-10 J Seward Antique barn Wood Thrush American Robin 2-4-10 J Seward Public entrance Catbirds, Mockingbirds, Thrashers & Starlings (4) Gray Catbird 5-2-10 J Seward Office Northern Mockingbird 2-6-10 J Seward Windmill tower Brown Thrasher 4-9-10 M Nichols Open picnic area European Starling 2-4-10 J Seward Parking lot Waxwings (1) Cedar Waxwing 4-22-10 J Seward Office Wood Warblers (18) Northern Waterthrush Northern Parula Yellow Warbler 4-22-10 J Seward Duckyard Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler 2-6-10 J Seward Office Black-throated Gray Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler 4-9-10 M Nichols Open picnic area Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler 5-4-10 M Nichols Pond trail Hooded Warbler Black-and-white Warbler summer J Seward Duckyard American Redstart Ovenbird Yellow-breasted Chat Common Yellowthroat 5-8-10 J Seward Hayride trail Tanagers (2) Scarlet Tanager (R) 7-10-10 M Nichols Behind open picnic area Summer Tanager Sparrows, Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Dickcissels (12) Eastern Towhee 4-9-10 M Nichols Open picnic area Chipping Sparrow 4-10-10 J Seward Office feeder Field Sparrow 4-9-10 M Nichols U Shape trail Fox Sparrow 11-13-10 M Nichols Newmarket creek power lines Song Sparrow 2-4-10 J Seward Office Swamp Sparrow 4-9-10 M Nichols Overflow parking lot White-throated Sparrow 2-4-10 J Seward Office Dark-eyed Junco 3-11-10 J Seward Office Northern Cardinal 2-4-10 J Seward Old vulture pen Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting 5-4-10 M Nichols Overflow parking lot Blackbirds, Meadowlarks & Orioles (5) Red-winged Blackbird 2-4-10 J Seward Parking lot Common Grackle 2-4-10 J Seward Parking lot Brown-headed Cowbird 2-4-10 J Seward Parking lot Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole Finches (2) House Finch 5-8-10 J Seward Office feeder American Goldfinch 2-4-10 J Seward Throughout farm Old World Sparrows (1) House Sparrow 2-4-10 J Seward Office Key: R Rare VR Very Rare UC Uncommon .