Birdathon results for the

[Dan Hubbard]

The "Bird Brains" Birdathon team of Mark Hatfield, Dottie Wendelken, Greg McCrone and I had 124 species, including 16 "conservation" species for the day. We started at Pickering Ponds trails and had 77 species before moving on. Highlights at Pickering were Yellow-throated Vireo and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher nests, 13 species of warbler, including Wilson's, Canada, and Northern Waterthrush (finished with 16 species), a Northern Harrier, and five species of swallow on the fence at the treatment plant. Brant and Northern Gannet were notable at the coast. The usual culmination of Birdathon day was listening to Whip-poor-will and American Woodcock at the Fowler Farm in Rochester. The list for those who are curious follows.
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Dan Hubbard, Rochester

Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Northern Gannet
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Brant
Wood Duck
Mallard
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Common Eider
Long-tailed Duck
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Virginia Rail
Piping Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Veery
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Blue-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow