Once again Mother Nature spared us a shower but the birds seemed to be hunkered down for the first part of the morning. With such a large group it was necessary to split into two teams again today which seemed to work out well. Then about 10:30 the trees started popping with birds and our count for the day totaled 49 species including a wonderful view of the male and female Painted Bunting that started out our morning at Bourlay.

Birds Seen Today:

Pied-Billed Grebe, Double-Crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, White Ibis, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Red-Shouldered Hawk, American Kestrel, Common Moorhen, Ring-Billed Gull, Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owl, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, E. Phoebe, White-Eyed Vireo, Blue-Headed Vireo, Blue Jay, Fish Crow, Tree Swallow, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Gray Catbird, N. Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Yellow-Throated Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Black-And-White Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, N. Cardinal, Painted Bunting, Red-Winged Blackbird, Boat-Tailed Grackle, Baltimore Oriole And House Finch.

Birds Heard Today:

Sandhill Crane, Killdeer and Eastern Towhee.

NEXT UP:

The Following two venues are for members only and both are currently filled. If you signed up for either of these trips you should have been contacted and given conformation. If you have any questions on Blue Spring contact Steve Norton at nort42@embarqmail.com , or on the Phosphate Mines contact Alice Horst at ahorst@comcast.net.