May 1, 2021
Eagle Marsh
Stockbridge Audubon's field trip to Eagle Marsh was a double header: a hike starting at 7:00 AM and lasting until 10:30 AM, and another from 4:30 PM until about 7:00 PM. The morning temperature was 32 F at the start, rising to 45; sky was sunny, wind was calm. By contrast, the afternoon temperature was about 70 F, the sky was still clear, but there was a strong wind. I led the morning session, but had to leave at 8:30; thereafter, the route was chosen by a democratic procedure. David Ward led the afternoon part. Nine birders attended in the morning and seven in the afternoon, but some attended both, so there were 11 birders total.
Each session found 41 species, but each found some the other did not, so there was a total of 50 species for the day.
The first number in the list is for the morning, the second is for the afternoon. No doubt some of the individual birds were seen both times, but they didn't wear name tags, so the actual total can't be known.
Canada Goose 55 - 12
Wood Duck 13 - 2
Blue-winged Teal 26 - 18
Mallard 12 - 8
Green-winged Teal 0 - 1
Hooded Merganser 0 - 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2 - 0
Mourning Dove 5 - 5
Chimney Swift 0 - 1
Virginia Rail 1 - 1
Sora 9 - 5
Killdeer 5 - 2
Wilson's Snipe 3 - 0
Spotted Sandpiper 5 - 0
Solitary Sandpiper 3 - 7
Lesser Yellowlegs 18 - 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1 - 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1 - 3
Great Blue Heron 7 - 6
Green Heron 1 - 0
Turkey Vulture 3 - 5
Bald Eagle 4 - 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 - 0
Red-tailed Hawk 2 - 2
Belted Kingfisher 1 - 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 - 1
Warbling Vireo 1 - 0
Blue Jay 20 - 6
American Crow 3 -2
Carolina Chickadee 0 - 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 - 2
Tree Swallow 28 - 18
Barn Swallow 5 - 8
Cliff Swallow 1 - 0
Ruby-crowned Kinglett 0 - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 - 1
House Wren 1 - 1
Marsh Wren 4 - 0
European Starling 4 - 3
American Robin 1 - 1
Gray Catbird 2 - 1
American Goldfinch 11 - 2
Field Sparrow 0 - 1
Song Sparrow 10 - 4
Swamp Sparrow 5 - 6
Red-winged Blackbird 70 - 16
Common Yellowthroat 8 - 3
Yellow Warbler 0 - 3
Palm Warbler 0 - 1
Northern Cardinal 6 - 1
Eagle Marsh
Stockbridge Audubon's field trip to Eagle Marsh was a double header: a hike starting at 7:00 AM and lasting until 10:30 AM, and another from 4:30 PM until about 7:00 PM. The morning temperature was 32 F at the start, rising to 45; sky was sunny, wind was calm. By contrast, the afternoon temperature was about 70 F, the sky was still clear, but there was a strong wind. I led the morning session, but had to leave at 8:30; thereafter, the route was chosen by a democratic procedure. David Ward led the afternoon part. Nine birders attended in the morning and seven in the afternoon, but some attended both, so there were 11 birders total.
Each session found 41 species, but each found some the other did not, so there was a total of 50 species for the day.
The first number in the list is for the morning, the second is for the afternoon. No doubt some of the individual birds were seen both times, but they didn't wear name tags, so the actual total can't be known.
Canada Goose 55 - 12
Wood Duck 13 - 2
Blue-winged Teal 26 - 18
Mallard 12 - 8
Green-winged Teal 0 - 1
Hooded Merganser 0 - 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2 - 0
Mourning Dove 5 - 5
Chimney Swift 0 - 1
Virginia Rail 1 - 1
Sora 9 - 5
Killdeer 5 - 2
Wilson's Snipe 3 - 0
Spotted Sandpiper 5 - 0
Solitary Sandpiper 3 - 7
Lesser Yellowlegs 18 - 3
Greater Yellowlegs 1 - 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1 - 3
Great Blue Heron 7 - 6
Green Heron 1 - 0
Turkey Vulture 3 - 5
Bald Eagle 4 - 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 - 0
Red-tailed Hawk 2 - 2
Belted Kingfisher 1 - 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 - 1
Warbling Vireo 1 - 0
Blue Jay 20 - 6
American Crow 3 -2
Carolina Chickadee 0 - 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 - 2
Tree Swallow 28 - 18
Barn Swallow 5 - 8
Cliff Swallow 1 - 0
Ruby-crowned Kinglett 0 - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 - 1
House Wren 1 - 1
Marsh Wren 4 - 0
European Starling 4 - 3
American Robin 1 - 1
Gray Catbird 2 - 1
American Goldfinch 11 - 2
Field Sparrow 0 - 1
Song Sparrow 10 - 4
Swamp Sparrow 5 - 6
Red-winged Blackbird 70 - 16
Common Yellowthroat 8 - 3
Yellow Warbler 0 - 3
Palm Warbler 0 - 1
Northern Cardinal 6 - 1
