Without further ado:

This morning, I went birding across the campus starting at sunrise.  Below is the species list, and two ID shots- Ruby-crowned kinglet and Yellow warbler.

2 Canada Goose
2 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Eastern Phoebe
2 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
1 Common Raven
3 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
1 House Wren
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 American Robin
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Ovenbird
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Chipping Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal
1 Common Grackle
1 House Finch
1 American Goldfinch
2 House Sparrow

*1 Black-throated Green Warbler, *Yellow-rumped Warbler found later.

Number of Taxa: 26 + 2

Above is a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.  Note the crown is not ruby colored.

Above is a deeply-hued Yellow Warbler.  A pure sounding, “Sweet-sweet-sweet, so-so Sweet!”- heard all over the forest an parking lots alike.

-Jess