What a wonderful morning, eh? Bluebirds, harriers, looooons. Barn swallows, savannah sparrows, flickers and red-bellieds. The list goes on. Great looks at the pair of red-bellied woodpeckers excavating a nesthole, a flicker drumming on a metal pipe (ouch!), the constant din of red-winged blackbirds all around us, and the bright yellow sunshine of goldfinches in the treetops. You couldn’t ask for more…

Location: Newman Arboretum
Observation date: 4/22/08
Number of species: 34 35! (thanks Nathan!)

Canada Goose 5
Mallard 1
Common Merganser 1
Common Loon 2
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Killdeer X
Rock Pigeon 3

Mourning Dove 2

Downy Woodpecker 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 7
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 2
Cedar Waxwing 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 5