Greetings all,
A very enthusiastic group of 22 birders, representing a range of experiences from middle school novice to bird club regular, came out for the morning walk. Joshua P. and I split the group and hit the trails around the center. Highlights included singing ruby-crowned kinglets, blue-headed vireos and a black and white warbler. Feeding station remains very active with good numbers of purple finches, pine siskins and red-breasted nuthatches. Three more Wednesday walks slated — we may even get a sunny morning. Birding Cup update: The Wing-nuts, Nasal Bristles and the Phantom Inspectors have been added to the roster to help raise awareness and funds for birds and native landscaping. I hope others will help by joining or supporting a team for the May 6- 7th event. For more on the Birding Cup, see http://www.outreach.psu.edu/shaverscreek/index-birding-cup.html PA Migration Count is May 14th and Huntingdon County can always use a few more birders to cover a variety of habitats. Please reply if you are interested in birding and adding your tally to the county count. List below is combined from the two groups; 38 species total: Mallard 2Killdeer 1
Herring Gull 8
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
American Robin 12
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 1
Pine Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 4
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Purple Finch 13
Pine Siskin 12
American Goldfinch 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Thanks to Wiscoy for Animals for their support of our Migration Morning Walks. —
Doug Wentzel
Program Director & Naturalist Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center
The Pennsylvania State University
3400 Discovery Road
Petersburg, PA 16669-2114 phone: 814.863.2000, ext. 7515
fax: 814.865.2706
http://www.ShaversCreek.org
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