The Nemesis Bird

The highlight of a mornings walk around Lancaster County Central Park was the Olive-sided Flycatcher I found perched at the tippy top of a tree. I did not have my camera along so I took some shots with my phone, through by binoculars- phonescoping! They didn’t turn out amazing but you can see the vest like coloring of the chest. It was a nice bird and I was surprised to get both my first Olive-sided Flycatcher and Eastern Wood-Pewee on the same date. The unknown of what might be around during migration is really what keeps me going outside. My full list from the day is below.

Location:     Lancaster County Central Park
Observation date:     5/8/08
Number of species:     58

Wood Duck - Aix sponsa     2
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus     1
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus     1
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis     1
Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria     2
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia     X
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     X
Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica     X
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     X
Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus     1
Olive-sided Flycatcher - Contopus cooperi     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens     2
Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe     2
Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus     2
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus     6
Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius     1
Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus     X
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus     X
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     X
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     X
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor     X
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis     X
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon     X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea     2
Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis     2
Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina     8
American Robin - Turdus migratorius     X
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis     5
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos     1
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris     X
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia     1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica     2
Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia     2
Black-throated Blue Warbler - Dendroica caerulescens     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata     4
Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens     2
Yellow-throated Warbler - Dendroica dominica     1
American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla     1
Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla     5
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas     3
Hooded Warbler - Wilsonia citrina     1
Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea     X
Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus     X
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina     X
Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla     X
Grasshopper Sparrow - Ammodramus savannarum     1
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     X
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis     10
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus     5
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea     X
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus     X
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula     X
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater     X
Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius     8
Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula     6
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis     X
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus     X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/pa)