19 Might 2024
The pouring rain ended the day prior to this morning simply in time for our stroll in Schenley Park.
From middle of the night till 8am 1.16 inches of rain fell. The entire streams had been speeding and Panther Hole Lake was once muddy and entire. It appeared as though the lake had risen 8-12 inches since I noticed it the day ahead of.
Some of the cattails we discovered busy red-winged blackbirds together with a feminine amassing nesting subject material who scanned the sky for predators (at most sensible). The closing time I noticed red-wings development nests was once in mid April. Used to be this a 2d nesting? Or had prime water flooded nests that now had been being rebuilt?
Why was once the feminine blackbird scanning the sky? She most probably noticed a red-tailed hawk shuttling meals to a few kids of their nest at the bridge.
All advised we noticed 27 species of birds plus one doe, 5 greenbacks and an lively beehive.
I’m so satisfied it stopped raining!
Our tick list is right here https://ebird.org/tick list/S175534213 and indexed beneath.
Schenley Park, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, US
Might 18, 2024 8:30 AM – 10:45 AM, 27 species
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1 Perched on snag
Crimson-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 4 3 kids in nest
Crimson-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 3 Grownup perched on nest rail, 2 younger on falconcam
Jap Wooden-Pewee (Contopus virens) 2
Jap Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1
Crimson-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 4
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 8
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 2
Northern Tough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 3
Area Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 4 Area wrens generally nest at PH Lake within the streetlight hoods. Making a song wren close to the streetlight went into the hood.
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
Eu Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 3
Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 4
Wooden Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1 Heard
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 30
Area Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 6
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 4
Track Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 4
Crimson-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 8 (PHLake very prime after lot of rain. In all probability flooded RWBL nests)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1
Commonplace Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) 2
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) 1 Heard