This morning was just about a repeat of yesterday, although it was a few degrees warmer and the breeze was not as strong. Many of the birds that I saw yesterday were found again near to where I saw them yesterday. However, I did end up with 32 species that included 8 species (shown as the first 8 species in the list after the photos) that I did not see in yesterday's 30-species list. Therefore, I am estimating that there are 40 to 50 species on the trail this summer. Many of the birds were foraging in pairs, either male and female, or parent and juvenile.
A first spring male Blue Grosbeak was gathering nesting materials on the west side of Reids Creek near the first wooden bridge. Blue Grosbeaks have nested there along Reids Creek in previous summers.
First spring male Blue Grosbeak
A male and a female Blue Grosbeak were in the pine trees along route 627 of the Glenthorne Loop trail.
Female Blue Grosbeak
Male Blue Grosbeak
Male Blue Grosbeak
Male and female Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Buntings are sometimes confused with Blue Grosbeaks, but the latter species is a larger bird.
Male Indigo Bunting and female Blue Grosbeak
I saw male and female Orchard Orioles, and a Baltimore Oriole was in the trees near the picnic table on the downstream trail.
Female Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Male and female Downy Woodpeckers
Male and female Red-bellied Woodpeckers
Belted Kingfishers
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Juvenile Eastern Bluebird
Juvenile Eastern Bluebird
Male and female Eastern Bluebirds. Guess which one is talking and which one isn't listening.
Today's RV Trail list:
Red-tailed Hawk Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Phoebe Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Baltimore Oriole Belted Kingfisher Eastern Kingbird American Crow Tree Swallow NRW Swallow Barn Swallow Tufted Titmouse Eastern Bluebird Gray Catbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing Common Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Field Sparrow Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Orchard Oriole American Goldfinch Rock Pigeon |