Area Birding ExpeditionMay 18, 2008

On Sunday, May 18, approximately 15 members of the Athol Bird and Nature Club joined Jeff Johnstone on his Sunday Morning Bird Walk. The trip visited sites in Athol and New Salem with the highlight for all being a wonderful, long look at a Black-billed Cuckoo at the first stop in Athol. Between 7:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 60 species of birds were sited.

Black-billed Cuckoo, photo: Joe Superchi

They included:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Solitary Sandpiper
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch.