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Birds Sighted - MBC trip
October 4, 2006

This morning on the MBC trip about 20 members joined for probably the last day of summer weather. The temperature was 63 at the start and 75 by the end at 9:15. 38 species total.

Double crested Cormorant 73
AMERICAN KESTREL 1 very cooperative eating prey on light pole
Herring Gull 10
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 5
Red eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 2
Black capped Chickadee 1
House Wren 1
Golden crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling 60
ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Palm Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
CLAY COLORED SPARROW 1
Savannah Sparrow 18
Song Sparrow 35
Lincoln's Sparrow 2- superb looks at one
Swamp Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 15
White crowned Sparrow 2
Dark eyed Junco 3
Borthern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 4
DICKCISSEL 1+ nice long look
House Finch 14
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 22

Bob Stymeist
Arlington