Not much to say about this stop. Yesterday was the first hot day of the year--the temperature reach over 80 degrees, and by the time I got to Wells Mill Park, around 9:30, it was already in the mid 70's and the birds were already getting quiet. This is why I've been rising just before dawn (and I probably should be getting up even earlier) so that I can get to a place at the optimal time to find birds. The problems is, of course, that I want to be everyplace at once.
The new bird I added for the year was Eastern Wood-Pewee, near the Nature Center. A very easy bird to pick out by ear. I walked my usual route there, which is about two miles of hilly terrain and it was more about the exercise than the birding by the time I got on the flat part of the trail, returning to the parking lot.
22 species
Canada Goose 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 heard
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 heard, near Nature Center
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 heard
Blue Jay 1 heard
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 heard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 5
European Starling 5
Ovenbird 15 heard
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 10
Pine Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 4
Eastern Towhee 15
Chipping Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 10
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