Earth Day Celebration Bird Hike List

HCC celebrated Earth Day on Saturday, April 18th. The day started with a morning bird hike. The following list shows give species names and the number of individuals observed.

Location: Mount Pleasant Farm
Observation date: 4/18/09
Number of species: 49


Canada Goose 19
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Loon 27
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
hawk sp. 3
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 1
Wilson's Snipe 2
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)2
Eastern Phoebe 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 1
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 14
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 4
American Robin 8
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)1
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle (Purple) 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 7