The Stroud Preserve, 4 April 2013

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Today I had the same temperature range as I did yesterday. Yesterday I froze. Today, without the wind, it was wonderful to be outside! Despite the nice weather not much changed from yesterday in terms of birdlife. The only new bird that I recorded was a Brown Thrasher. I didn’t get a chance to see it but I heard it clearly from a distance. I did see at least two Fish Crows, which I missed yesterday. I am still seeing and hearing them in and around downtown West Chester. A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was present on the same branch that I observed one about a month ago. All in all a nice day for a walk. Unfortunately, I had to cut my walk a little shorter today due to a doctor’s appointment.

Start time: 9:00

End time: 11:00

Temp: 32-40

Wind: 6 mph from the north-northwest down to zero by the time I left.

Skies: mostly clear

Species Total: 41

  • Great Blue Heron – 1
  • Black Vulture – approximately 15
  • Turkey Vulture – approximately 30
  • Canada Goose – approximately 15
  • Mallard – 2
  • Cooper's Hawk – 1 adult
  • Red-tailed Hawk – 6, 1 immature, 5 adults
  • Mourning Dove – 1
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker – 4
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – 1
  • Downy Woodpecker – 3
  • Northern Flicker – 1
  • Pileated Woodpecker – heard only
  • Eastern Phoebe – 6
  • Blue Jay – approximately 10
  • American Crow – 8
  • Fish Crow – 2
  • Tree Swallow – approximately 300
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow – 5
  • Barn Swallow – 1
  • Carolina Chickadee – approximately 10
  • Tufted Titmouse – approximately 10
  • White-breasted Nuthatch – 3
  • Carolina Wren – 5
  • Eastern Bluebird – approximately 10
  • American Robin – approximately 40
  • Northern Mockingbird – 4
  • Brown Thrasher – 1 FOY, heard only
  • European Starling – approximately 20
  • Eastern Towhee – 2 heard only
  • Field Sparrow – 4 heard only
  • Song Sparrow – approximately 50
  • White-throated Sparrow – approximately 10
  • Dark-eyed Junco – 1
  • Northern Cardinal – approximately 10
  • Red-winged Blackbird – approximately 30
  • Eastern Meadowlark – 4, in the tall grass in the fields below No-Hang-Glider Hill. Probably more present, but were difficult to see.
  • Common Grackle – 2
  • Brown-headed Cowbird – approximately 20
  • House Finch – 2
  • American Goldfinch – 3

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