Indigo Bunting
We've been stuck in a hot and muggy air mass, coupled with afternoon thunderstorms, for the past few days, so I decided to do some morning birding here in Old Trail before it got too uncomfortable to be outside. I logged 22 avian species, although some of the species were heard only and difficult to locate in the dense vegetation. I heard three Common Yellowthroats in different locations, two Yellow-billed Cuckoos (perhaps the same bird), and one Orchard Oriole, but couldn't see them.
Indigo Bunting
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Canada Geese with goslings
Crows were chasing one of our resident Red-shouldered Hawks.
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
I saw several Barn Swallows. One of them had a white throat patch, but it wasn't the white forehead patch of a Cliff Swallow, and this bird had the long tails of a Barn Swallow.
Barn Swallow
I saw a lone deer that had lots of flies on its face.
Deer
Weather is supposed to be better on Friday.