Terrific birds today- on a pleasant bird walk here in Ithaca on May 19th I recorded 43 species! Here is my eBird checklist for those curious.
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 pair
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1 drum, wuk wuk, flyover
Eastern Phoebe 3
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 singing, a bit late to move on; by playground
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 5
Eastern Bluebird 5
American Robin 10
Cedar Waxwing 1 calls and “seeee”
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Song Sparrow 3
Bobolink 3
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 4
Common Yellowthroat 5
American Redstart 1 singing, by bridge
Yellow Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 songs and chips at park
Blackpoll Warbler 2 countersinging
Scarlet Tanager 1 silent, ASY male
Northern Cardinal 3
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