A beautiful morning at Leesylania. Not mega-activity, but a nice mix of
birds. I had 15 warbler species and 65 species in all, from 6:30am to
11:00am. Highlight was a yellow-bellied flycatcher along the road across
from the wetland. I had great, extended looks as it fed at about eye-level.
Other notable species were 4 black-throated green warblers on the hill below
the ruins, prothonotary, worm-eating and yellow-throated warblers in the
picnic area near the small pond, a wood thrush in the overflow parking area,
and hooded warbler in the wetland. The complete list is below.
Location: Leesylvania State Park
Observation date: 9/6/10
Number of species: 65
Canada Goose 16
Mallard 8 .
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Osprey 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Laughing Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 15
Mourning Dove 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 10
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 12
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Eastern Bluebird 6
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 6
Northern Parula 8
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 8
American Redstart 4
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Hooded Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 15
Indigo Bunting 2
Baltimore Oriole 8
American Goldfinch 6
