Another Walk in Crestwood Village 4/28

Black Vulture and Black Cat

As I said, back to power line cuts for me. I took yet another walk through my development and along the power line cut today and didn't meet a soul and found quite a number of birds in the bargain.

The warblers, besides Pine Warblers, are starting to show up again around here--I had Ovenbird and Common Yellowthroat today; had them yesterday too, along with Palm Warbler in the WMA. Probably the most interesting bird, because it seemed out of place on a suburban street, was the Hairy Woodpecker I tracked down banging away in the crook of a deadish looking tree. But by far, the most amusing sight was the little flock of Black Vultures I found hanging around a house about two blocks from here.

How'd you like to come home and find this guy waiting at your door? 

The cat didn't look very happy about seeing the vultures. The vultures certainly weren't intimidated by the cat. In the photo it looks like the bird and cat are about the same size and I don't think that's trick of perspective.

I'd be hard pressed right now to find this many birds in Colliers Mills, so a successful walk

34 species

Canada Goose  2

Mourning Dove  12

Herring Gull  10

Black Vulture  6

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2    Heard

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  1    Long beak no spots on outer tail feathers

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  1    Heard

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  1    Heard

Fish Crow  10

Carolina Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  4    Heard

White-breasted Nuthatch  2    Heard

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Carolina Wren  1    Heard

European Starling  2

Northern Mockingbird  1    Heard

American Robin  6

House Finch  1    Heard

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  15

Song Sparrow  5

Eastern Towhee  4

Red-winged Blackbird  2    Heard

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  1    Heard

Common Yellowthroat  1    Heard

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  10    Heard