A new bird for the park, a female Common Merganser on the Rockfish Valley Trail
System. Seen on the upstream trail at 10:40am.
Species List:
Canada Goose - 23
Common Merganser - 1
Black Vulture - 5
Turkey Vulture - 37
Osprey - 1
Northern Harrier - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Rock Pigeon - 9
Mourning Dove - 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 4
Pileated Woodpecker - 4
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 12
Fish Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 16
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 10
Barn Swallow - 6
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Carolina Wren - 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 19
American Robin - 7
Northern Mockingbird - 5
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 21
Cedar Waxwing - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Louisiana Waterthrush - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 12
Field Sparrow - 6
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Dark-eyed Junco - 5
Northern Cardinal - 17
Red-winged Blackbird - 11
Eastern Meadowlark - 36
Rusty Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 58
American Goldfinch - 6
House Sparrow - 10
Total Species: 50
Tim Hodge
Nelson County
