{"id":4287,"date":"2014-04-28T12:09:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T16:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2014-04-28T12:09:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T16:09:33","slug":"birds-spring-ephemerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2014\/04\/28\/birds-spring-ephemerals\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds & Spring Ephemerals!"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a beautiful, crisp spring morning in Glen Providence Park on Saturday for our Bird & Spring Ephemerals Walk!<\/strong> We saw 30 species including Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets,<\/strong> and a\u00a0Black-and-white Warbler<\/strong>. Spring ephemerals and native flowers included Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Merrybells, Bloodroot,<\/strong> and Trout Lilies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone who attended, the Birding Club of Delaware County<\/a><\/strong>, to Nathaniel Sharp for entering our sightings on eBird, George Tate for the wonderful photos, and of course to Al Guarente and Marcia Tate for leading our walk!<\/p>\n

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You can see the full bird list from our walk below, and scroll below that for photos. And you can check out our complete Park Bird List<\/a><\/strong> of 109 species, and counting!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Spring Bird Walk eBird list:<\/strong>
\nApril 26, 2014<\/p>\n

Canada Goose – 2
\nMallard – 4
\nGreat Blue Heron – 1
\nTurkey Vulture – 2
\nMourning Dove – 3
\nBelted Kingfisher – 1
\nRed-bellied Woodpecker – 2
\nDowny Woodpecker – 3
\nNorthern Flicker – 1
\nEastern Phoebe – 2
\nBlue Jay – 5
\nAmerican Crow – 8
\nNorthern Rough-winged Swallow – 3
\nCarolina Chickadee – 6
\nTufted Titmouse – 12
\nWhite-breasted Nuthatch – 2
\nHouse Wren – 1
\nCarolina Wren – 4
\nBlue-gray Gnatcatcher – 2
\nRuby-crowned Kinglet – 2
\nAmerican Robin
\nEuropean Starling
\nBlack-and-white Warbler – 1
\nChipping Sparrow – 1
\nSong Sparrow – 5
\nWhite-throated Sparrow – 7
\nNorthern Cardinal – 7
\nRed-winged Blackbird – 1
\nBrown-headed Cowbird – 2
\nAmerican Goldfinch – 5<\/p>\n\n\t\t