Sunday, April 21, 2013

Warblers & Spring!

Members of the Litchfield Hills Audubon Society were here at Aton Forest on today, April 20th, 2013, and the birding was productive, despite storms last night and rain this morning. The skies cleared and temps were in the upper 40's by 8 am and we observed 41 bird species. Thanks to Fran Zygmont for setting up this event.

  • turkey vulture
  • Canada goose
  • mallard
  • wood duck
  • common merganser
  • hooded merganser
  • ring-necked duck
  • Cooper’s hawk
  • sharp-shinned hawk
  • broad-winged hawk
  • red-tailed hawk
  • belted kingfisher
  • yellow-bellied sapsucker
  • downy woodpecker
  • hairy woodpecker
  • northern flicker
  • pileated woodpecker
  • eastern phoebe
  • tree swallow
  • barn swallow
  • American crow
  • common raven
  • black-capped chickadee
  • tufted titmouse
  • white-breasted nuthatch
  • brown creeper
  • winter wren
  • golden-crowned kinglet
  • eastern bluebird
  • American robin
  • yellow-rumped warbler
  • pine warbler
  • palm warbler
  • white-throated sparrow
  • song sparrow
  • dark-eyed slate-colored junco
  • red-winged blackbird
  • brown-headed cowbird
  • purple finch
  • house finch
  • American goldfinch