03 May BIRDING REPORT – Sutton Village – May 3

It was a warm spring day, with lots of opportunities to see birds before the leaves are out. We had some nice surprises this morning including some firsts of the season for me! The highlights were the yellow warbler, the rose breasted grosbeak and sheer quantitiy of birds we could see while walking around the village. Tanks to everyone for comain out to ythe first outing in my five week series. Here is some of the group posed in front of a magnolia tree in full bloom.

Here is the list of 25 species. Click on any bird for more details:

• Canada Goose
• Mourning Dove
• Chimney Swift
• Turkey Vulture
• Northern Flicker
• Warbling Vireo
• Blue Jay
• American Crow
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• European Starling
• Gray Catbird
• American Robin
• House Sparrow
• American Goldfinch
• Song Sparrow
• Swamp Sparrow
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Common Grackle
• Northern Waterthrush
• Black-and-white Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Northern Cardinal
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker