Woodside Natural Area in Essex Junction Vermont, birding from 7am to 2pm, May 11. Once entering paradise, one is in no rush to leave.
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| Solitary Sandpiper |
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| Baltimore Oriole (Female) |
Baltimore Oriole (Male)
Warbling Vireo
"On another note I saw
two Solitary Sandpipers at Lagoon road in Hinesburg yesterday and took a good
look at their legs. Both of them had yellow legs. There was a Greater
Yellowlegs nearby that offered a convenient size comparison. Needless to say
the Solitaries were much smaller than the Yellowlegs and sported shorter legs.
Sometimes it is easier to make the id in real life rather than from photos."
~Bruce McPherson, Green Mtn. Audubon President
Least Flycatcher (look
at the primary extension -- and eye-ring, such as it is in this individual).
Most likely a Junvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis) -- not Dreamy (E. icelus). Note the white glassy spots on the forewing, which rules out E. icelus.
Most likely a Junvenal's Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis) -- not Dreamy (E. icelus). Note the white glassy spots on the forewing, which rules out E. icelus.
Bryan Pfieffer
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| Catbird |
American Redstart
(male)
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| Veery |
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Arisaema triphyllum (Jack in the pulpit) |
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Pink Spotted Lady Beetle Species Coleomegilla maculata |
Dreamy Duskywing or Aspen Dusky Wing
Erynnis icelus
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| White-throated Sparrow |
Female Red-winged Blackbird
Lots of sex in spring - for the birds anyway. Lucky birds!
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Each petal is a single flower.
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May 14, 6:40am-10am Woodside birding with a group hosted by Maeve Kim.
Guests: Grace, Peggy, Jeanne, Mary Ann, Maureen, Mary, Heather, Bernie,
Maeves Bird Report for the group:
Woodside Park - Essex -
Winooski Valley Park District, Chittenden, Vermont, US
May 14, 2016 6:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: walk with members of birding classes
39 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 2
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 5 including one with nesting material
Cedar Waxwing 5
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 5
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6 including one pair at a nest, the male on guard, the female building the nest
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Baltimore Oriole 7 including four males together, with a lot of noisy chasing and fighting
American Goldfinch 3
May 14, 2016 6:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: walk with members of birding classes
39 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 2
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 5 including one with nesting material
Cedar Waxwing 5
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 5
Yellow Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6 including one pair at a nest, the male on guard, the female building the nest
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Baltimore Oriole 7 including four males together, with a lot of noisy chasing and fighting
American Goldfinch 3
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| Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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| Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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| Female Red-winged Blackbird |
View from Lime Kiln Bridge, as seen on my way over to Woodside.
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I joined local Naturalist
and Birder Zac Cota (Host) and guests in searching for returning residents and migrating birds at Woodside Natural Area in Essex Sunday, May 15. One of the best songbird migration spots in the Champlain Valley, over 150 bird species have been seen at Woodside including 23 different warblers.
Photo (Left to right) Larry, Gwen, Donnie, Zac.
(Back row) Tom, Clem. Not in photo, Lou-Ann.
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| Female Grosbeak fixing up a new home. |
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| The narrative: A raccoon in the cavity, a small feather on the cavity hole, and a nearby duck on at limb. |
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| Note the Jack in the pulpit in the background |
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