Yesterday, 09MAY2014 was a huge success! My friend, John Sullivan and I participated in a 24 hour fundraiser to help support the Buffalo's Beaver Meadow Audubon Society. We found a total of 105 birds throughout the day! With all of the wonderful sponsors we were able to find, that should bring in exactly $700! We started our day at Forest Lawn Cemetery and racked up 60 species there. The next spot we hit was Rumsey Woods in Delaware Park where amongst a few good birds, I discovered a male Mourning Warbler in full breeding plumage. This bird was a lifer for me, and not an easy one to find! We made our way to Squaw Island North after that and picked up a few gulls. The rest of our day was spent at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge with good results. In order to keep this post short, as I have a huge list and tons of pictures I want to post... I just want to thank everyone that came together to make this happen. You know who you are, and the entire natural world thanks you you for coming out in support of this venture. So, the birds in order of appearance were:
001. Chimney Swift 002. European Starling 003. Baltimore Oriole 004. House Sparrow 005. Northern Cardinal 006. Northern Mockingbird 007. Ring-billed Gull 008. Black-capped Chickadee 009. American Crow 010. American Goldfinch 011. American Robin 012. Wild Turkey 013. Canada Goose 014. Great Horned Owl 015. Great Blue Heron 016. Solitary Sandpiper 017. Mallard 018. Graylag Goose 019. Chipping Sparrow 020. Red-winged Blackbird 021. Barn Swallow 022. Yellow Warbler 023. Pine Warbler 024. Nashville Warbler 025. Common Grackle 026. Common Yellowthroat 027. Black-throated Blue Warbler 028. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 029. Northern Parula 030. Yellow-rumped Warbler 031. Palm Warbler 032. Belted Kingfisher 033. Black-crowned Night Heron 034. Black-and-white Warbler 035. Black-throated Green 036. Warbling Vireo 037. Chestnut-sided Warbler 038. Brown-headed Cowbird 039. Rose-breasted Grosbeak 040. Magnolia Warbler 041. White-throated Sparrow 042. Red-tailed Hawk 043. Song Sparrow 044. Ovenbird 045. Bluejay 046. Gray Catbird 047. Eastern Towhee 048. Winter Wren 049. Red-breasted Nuthatch 050. Great-crested Flycatcher 051. Least Flycatcher 052. Mourning Dove 053. Cooper's Hawk | 054. Purple Finch 055. Blackburnian Warbler 056. Scarlet Tanager 057. Northern Flicker 058. Merlin 059. Rock Pigeon 060. Broad-winged Hawk 061. White-crowned Sparrow 062. Eastern Kingbird 063. Hermit Thrush 064. Mourning Warbler 065. Philadelphia Vireo 066. American Redstart 067. Peregrine Falcon 068. Double-crested Cormorant 069. Common Tern 070. Tree Swallow 071. Bonaparte's Gull 072. Herring Gull 073. Northern Rough-winged Swallow 074. Turkey Vulture 075. Killdeer 076. Purple Martin 077. Eastern Phoebe 078. Blue-winged Teal 079. Common Gallinule 080. Eastern Bluebird 081. Great Egret 082. Bald Eagle 083. American Coot 084. Black Tern 085. Osprey 086. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 087. Prothonotary Warbler 088. Hooded Merganser 089. Pied-billed Grebe 090. Wood Duck 091. Marsh Wren 092. Semipalmated Plover 093. Least Sandpiper 094. Greater Yellowlegs 095. Blue-winged Warbler 096. American Kestrel 097. Red-bellied Woodpecker 098. Cape May Warbler 099. Wood Thrush 100. Bobolink 101. Hairy Woodpecker 102. Downy Woodpecker 103. Swamp Sparrow 104. Veery 105. House Finch |