28 August 2023
The day prior to this became a pleasing day, but if 8 people met at Schenley Park at 8:30am the temperature was once cool with low clouds and the sky was once clean grey. Most often the birds would have slept in however the migrants have been hungry. We discovered 22 species.
Best possible Chook is difficult to select. Used to be it the belted kingfisher that hunted over Panther Hole Lake? The ruby-throated hummingbirds that floated some of the bushes? Or the warblers — Blackburnian, magnolia and chestnut-sided?
Between birds the insects took middle level. Milkweed insects swarmed on swamp milkweed pods …
… and noticed lanternflies sipped at the Ailanthus bushes that impressed my weblog about sooty mildew on honeydew. I used to be curious: Did the rain wash away the sooty mildew? No.
Fourteen Canada ducks flew over to enroll in the 70 already grazing on Flagstaff Hill. Ducks have been absent from Flagstaff Hill this summer time whilst they molted their wings feathers and didn’t go back in massive numbers till early August.
Right here’s our eBird tick list: Schenley Park, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Aug 27, 2022 8:30A – 10:30A
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 14
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 2
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 2
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1
Pink-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 5
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 5
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 8
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 7
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 3
Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 4
Area Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 3
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 15
Track Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 3
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 6
The following day trip will likely be 24 September at 8:30a in Schenley Park at Bartlett Playground.
(pictures by way of Kate St. John)