A typical cool morning turned into a sunny warm one as 35 birders enjoyed 66 species on Wood Duck Dr. The Northern Parulas have arrived in numbers and on a good birding day there is never enough time. Two cars stayed on to check out the rookery which is just getting started with nesting Anhingas and Great Blue Herons, some of the nests with fuzzy heads popping up. There we were treated to 2 Painted Buntings, one female and one immature but the bright colored male was a no show.

Birds Seen Today:

Blue Winged Teal, Ring-Necked Duck, Pied-Billed Grebe, American White Pelican, Double-Crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Cattle Egret, Black-Crowned Night Heron, White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Wood Stork, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Purple Gallinule, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Limpkin, Sandhill Crane (On The Nest), Lesser Yellowlegs, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, White-Eyed Vireo, Blue-Headed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Marsh Wren, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Parula, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Yellow-Throated Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Palm Warbler, Black And White Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Savannah Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Painted Bunting, Red-Winged Blackbird And Boat-Tailed Grackle.

Birds Heard Today:

Sora, Killdeer, Tufted Titmouse And American Goldfinch

NEXT UP:

The Village Birders Annual Meeting & Election of Officers: Saturday March 27th, 9 am at Paradise Rec. Ctr.

There will be games, birding tales and refreshments and a time to socialize with your fellow birders. Please come out to thank those who have worked so hard to make this such a great club. Hope to see you all there

Other pictures are here.