Foster Park
May 25, 2019
Twelve people met on Saturday morning to participate in the Stockbridge Challenge. Our goal, to find more than 44 species of birds in Foster Park to beat the record recorded in Stockbridge Chapter records from 1938. We were successful in meeting and beating the count in spite of the warm, humid conditions ending our morning early around 11:30 with a total of 52 species.
The list in order of sighting:
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Brown-headed Cowbird
Gray Catbird
American Robin
Canada Goose
Turley Vulture
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Wood Peewee
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Warbling Vireo
Northern Cardinal
Northern Parula
Eastern Phoebe
American Goldfinch
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
American Crow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Tufted Titmouse
Chipping Sparrow
Yellow Warbler
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Mallard
White-breated Nuthatch
Green Heron
Black and White Warbler
House Wren
Great-creasted Flycatcher
Blue Jay
Red-tailed Hawk
Carolina Wren
Yellow-throated Warbler
Swainsen's Thrush
Acadian Flycatcher
Baltimore Oriole
Rough-winged Swallow
European Starling
Indigo Bunting
Red-headed Woodpecker
Grackle
American Redstart
House Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
May 25, 2019
Twelve people met on Saturday morning to participate in the Stockbridge Challenge. Our goal, to find more than 44 species of birds in Foster Park to beat the record recorded in Stockbridge Chapter records from 1938. We were successful in meeting and beating the count in spite of the warm, humid conditions ending our morning early around 11:30 with a total of 52 species.
The list in order of sighting:
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Brown-headed Cowbird
Gray Catbird
American Robin
Canada Goose
Turley Vulture
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Wood Peewee
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Warbling Vireo
Northern Cardinal
Northern Parula
Eastern Phoebe
American Goldfinch
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
American Crow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Tufted Titmouse
Chipping Sparrow
Yellow Warbler
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Mallard
White-breated Nuthatch
Green Heron
Black and White Warbler
House Wren
Great-creasted Flycatcher
Blue Jay
Red-tailed Hawk
Carolina Wren
Yellow-throated Warbler
Swainsen's Thrush
Acadian Flycatcher
Baltimore Oriole
Rough-winged Swallow
European Starling
Indigo Bunting
Red-headed Woodpecker
Grackle
American Redstart
House Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron