Bird Watching 5/22

Location: Mud Creek in Alburgh, VT
Time: 7:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Weather: Sunny, little to no clouds, 70 °F, slight wind blowing west to east.
Habitat: At Mud Creek I followed a gravel/grass trail going west to east. At some parts the trail was gravel, and at others the trail was grass. Bordering the trail on both sides were different hardwood species and shrubs. Some of the hardwoods I could identify were silver maple, oaks, and what I believe were ashes. The trail had wetlands on both sides. The south side of the trail had cattails, phragmites, and lily pads. The south was also were most of the water was. The north side of the trail consisted of phragmites, hardwood snags, and other shrubs I couldn't identify. There were what looked like little vernal pools on the north side, but there was not much water overall on that side.
Birds Spotted: 8 Canada geese, 18 red-winged blackbirds, 5 American robins, 6 song sparrows, 4 common grackles, 1 mourning dove, 3 common yellowthroats, 15 yellow warblers, 2 blue-winged warblers, 3 American goldfinches, 1 northern cardinal, 4 great crested flycatchers, 6 gray catbirds, 1 osprey, 6 tree swallows, 1 Wilson's snipe, 2 downy woodpeckers, 1 hairy woodpecker, 1 great blue heron, 1 eastern wood-pewee, 2 eastern kingbirds, 4 northern waterthrushes, and 3 swamp sparrows.

Posted on May 22, 2020 06:15 PM by dannybouwens