Early Morning Birds and 24 Hours of Birding.

In an effort to kick off a great Bird a Thon event, we have been holding a series of birding programs for our Bird a Thon (BAT) team mates and the community.  Yesterday, just after sunrise, we went out with former State Ecologist, Jack Lash, to see what species we could find at Oak Knoll on a sunny spring morning. 

In the hour and a half we were out there, we saw or heard:

Wood thrush

Red winged blackbird

Baltimore oriole

Veery

Ovenbird

Scarlet tanager pair

Rose breasted grosbeak

Tree swallow

Barn swallow

Wood duck

Canada goose

Mallard

Northern waterthrush

Grackle

Downy woodpecker

Northern cardinal

Catbird

Black throated blue warbler

Warbling vireo

Blue gray gnatcatcher

Red eyed vireo

White breasted nuthatch

Common yellowthroat

Chimney swift

Blue jay

Hoping we'll find all of these again tonight as we start our 24 hour Bird a Thon count!  You can follow our Bird a Thon progress on our facebook page, or our blog, or at our friendly FirstGiving website at: www.firstgiving.com/tarahenrichon

And we'd love to have you join us on an upcoming Early Morning Birds!  Call the Sanctuary for details!