At a spot along East Walker Road, we came across a large group of birds that included 2 White-crowned Sparrows and an Eastern Towhee among good numbers of Dark-eyed Juncos, and White-throated and Song Sparrows.
Later, Jason spotted two Fox Sparrows at an area along Rabbit Road. These were my first ones that I had seen this year.
During a stop at Graver's Hill, Jason again came through when he spotted a Lapland Longspur among about 120 Horned Larks. Unfortunately, it was too distant and hiding among the corn stubble, so I was unable to get a photo of it.
Other nice finds during the day included a Cackling Goose, 5 American Tree Sparrows, and a record number of 22 Swamp Sparrows. We ended up with 55 species in seven hours of birding, including all seven species of woodpeckers normally found in our area. The list follows.
1) Snow Geese
2) Canada Goose
3) Cackling Goose
4) Wild Turkey
5) Great Blue Heron
6) Bald Eagle
7) Sharp-shinned Hawk
8) Cooper's Hawk
9) Red-tailed Hawk
10) American Kestrel
11) Rock Pigeon
12) Mourning Dove
13) Great Horned Owl
14) Eastern Screech-Owl
15) Belted Kingfisher
16) Red-headed Woodpecker
17) Red-bellied Woodpecker
18) Northern Flicker
19) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
20) Downy Woodpecker
21) Hairy Woodpecker
22) Pileated Woodpecker
23) Blue Jay
24) American Crow
25) Fish Crow
26) Horned Lark
27) Tufted Titmouse
28) Black-capped Chickadee
29) Brown Creeper
30) White-breasted Nuthatch
31) Winter Wren
32) Carolina Wren
33) Golden-crowned Kinglet
34) Eastern Bluebird
35) Hermit Thrush
36) American Robin
37) Northern Mockingbird
38) European Starling
39) Cedar Waxwing
40) Eastern Towhee
41) American Tree Sparrow
42) Field Sparrow
43) Fox Sparrow
44) Savannah Sparrow
45) Song Sparrow
46) Swamp Sparrow
47) White-throated Sparrow
48) White-crowned Sparrow
49) Dark-eyed Junco
50) Lapland Longspur
51) Northern Cardinal
52) Red-winged Blackbird
53) House Finch
54) American Goldfinch
55) House Sparrow
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