Jacobsburg State Park and Newburg Road Pond ~ August 27, 2023

Once again, I led a bird walk at Jacobsburg State Park. It wasn't as good as last week's walk, but we did find 40 species that included five species of warblers plus Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Broad-winged Hawk, Cedar Waxwing, Scarlet Tanager, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. This immature Broad-winged Hawk was finishing eating something in a tree above the parking lot.

Immature Broad-winged Hawk

This Broad-winged Hawk also circled overhead.

Broad-winged Hawk

Here's the species list from the bird walk.

1) Common Merganser-16
2) Rock Pigeon-2
3) Yellow-billed Cuckoo-1
4) Chimney Swift-1
5) Turkey Vulture-3
6) Broad-winged Hawk-3
7) Red-bellied Woodpecker-8
8) Downy Woodpecker-3
9) Hairy Woodpecker-2
10) Northern Flicker-1
11) Eastern Wood-Pewee-7
12) Eastern Phoebe-3
13) Great Crested Flycatcher-1
14) Eastern Kingbird-2
15) Red-eyed Vireo-2
16) Blue Jay-19
17) American Crow-8
18) Fish Crow-1
19) Tufted Titmouse-2
20) Tree Swallow-6
21) White-breasted Nuthatch-3
22) Carolina Wren-2
23) European Starling-13
24) Gray Catbird-16
25) Eastern Bluebird-4
26) Wood Thrush-2
27) American Robin-7
28) Cedar Waxwing-1
29) House Finch-3
30) American Goldfinch-15
31) Chipping Sparrow-1
32) Red-winged Blackbird-2
33) Black-and-white Warbler-1
34) Common Yellowthroat-1
35) American Redstart-3
36) Cape May Warbler-1
37) Chestnut-sided Warbler-1
38) Scarlet Tanager-3
39) Northern Cardinal-3
40) Rose-breasted Grosbeak-1
plus Empidonax sp.-2 (One was likely a Willow Flycatcher.)

From there, I stopped at the Newburg Road retention pond. The grassy west pond by Koch Toyota was fairly full of water and held 17 Lesser Yellowlegs and 3 Solitary Sandpipers.

Some of the 17 Lesser Yellowlegs

Thirteen Killdeer and 4 Horned Larks were in the large field next to the hospital.

Horned Larks

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