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Spring 2007
Hannah Suthers
March 15-16 saw an 8" sleet storm that stayed on the ground for over
a week, making foraging difficult for ground-feeding birds. No Woodcock
were seen afterwards. April rain and snow showers kept the vernal pools
well filled. The shallower pools dried out during a May dry spell,
stranding thousands of Wood Frog tadpoles and providing a feast for
racoons and birds. There are no spring records of the Great-horned Owl.
Ninety-five species were seen during spring migration, of which 64
species established breeding territiories. The managed meadow retained
the Field Sparrow. The managed shrubland had all of its target birds,
the Willow Flycatcher, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-breasted Chat, Indigo
Bunting, Field Sparrow, and a hummingbird. Highlights follow.
| Red-tailed Hawk | pair, routinely mobbed by crows |
| Sharp-shined Hawk | 22-Apr |
| Screech Owl | calling 5 May |
| Wild Turkey | gobbling 21 Apr, dust bathing 22 May |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | arrived 8 May & throughout |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | on territory 8 May, 3 territories |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | throughout |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 2-Apr |
| Yellow-shafted Flicker | 18-Apr |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 19 April, frequently throughout |
| Eastern Wood Pewee | on territory 2 May |
| Willow Flycatcher | on territory 23 May |
| Eastern Phoebe | 14 Apr, nest 9 May |
| Great-crested Flycatcher | on territory 28 Apr |
| Tree Swallow | pair 14 April, nesting 12 May |
| Barn Swallows | 4 pairs 21 Apr, nests 12 May |
| Carolina Chickadees | gathering moss 26 Apr |
| Black-capped Chickadees | singing 2 May |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | feeding at nest 23 & 27 May |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | last seen 2 May |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 2 & 12 May |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 17-May |
| Chipping Sparrows | on territory 5 Apr |
| Field Sparrow | on territory 18 Apr |
| Slate-colored Junco | last seen 21 April |
| White-throated Sparrow | banded 20 May |
| Eastern Towhee | on territory 21 Apr |
| Indigo Bunting | on territory 7 May (3) |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | copulating 26 April |
| White-eyed Vireo | on territory 3 May |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | on territory 2 May |
| Warbling Vireo | 14, 15 May |
| Blue-headed Vireo | migrant 4 May |
| Philadelphia Vireo | migrants 26 Apr,1 & 2 May |
| Red-eyed Vireo | on territory 4 May |
| Blue-winged Warbler | on territory 26 April |
| Common Yellowthroat | on territory 26 April |
| Ovenbird | on territory 26 April |
| Yellow Warbler | on territory 30 Apr |
| Pine Warbler | 3-Apr |
| Nashville Warbler | 21-May |
| American Redstart | 3-May |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 4-May |
| Northern Parula | 3, 4, 12, 27 May |
| Magnolia Warbler | 12-May |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 2-May |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 27-May |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 19-May |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 12, 27 May |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | last seen 2 May |
| Black-and-White Warbler | 2-May |
| Northern Waterthrush | 12-May |
| Mourning Warbler | 17-May |
| Canada Warbler | 12 May, banded 27 May |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 23-May |
| Rusty Blackbird | 80+, 20 March |
| Baltimore Oriole | on territory 30 April |
| Orchard Oriole | 14-May |
| Scarlet Tanager | on territory 3 May |
| Gray Catbird | courtship 9 May |
| Brown Thrasher | on territory 29 Apr |
| Eastern Bluebird | copulating 29 Apr, nesting 14 May |
| Wood Thrush | on territory 2 May |
| Veery on territory | 2-May |
| Swainson's Thrush | 7-May |
| Hermit Thrush | lots 22 Apr, last seen 12 May |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | banded 12 May |
Hannah Suthers and the Featherbed Lane Banding Station Crew
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