Deer Run Bird Survey #10

First off, our good friend Tim did another Deer Run Bird Survey (survey 9.5) at the end of April, adding four new species to the list: Northern Waterthrush, Solitary Sandpiper, Swainson’s Thrush, and Vesper Sparrow. He found 183 total birds and 42 different species!

Friday was Deer Run Bird Survey number ten, our first May survey. A storm was rolling in, so we were booking it!

Virginia Bluebells

There were wild Bluebells and other flowers all over the place (including a bit of Garlic Mustard). Even with the impending storm, birds were active and singing.

New for the D.R.B.S. – Eastern Kingbird

We counted 420 individual birds of 51 species and added eleven new ones for the survey:

1. Black-and-White Warbler
2. Chestnut-sided Warbler
3. Common Yellowthroat
4. Eastern Kingbird
5. Grasshopper Sparrow
6. Henslow’s Sparrow
7. House Sparrow (!)
8. Least Flycatcher
9. Nashville Warbler
10. Red-breasted Merganser
11. White-crowned Sparrow

Our grand total now stands at 3709 individual birds of 89 species!

Eastern Meadowlark

Lots of Wildflowers