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10 participants and 2 leaders birded the Marlborough Forest, the Franktown Road, Richmond Conservation Area and the Moodie sand pits this morning. The weather was supposed to be 30C and rain but we got dark clouds and a temperature around 17C by the end of the trip at 1:15. A nice light breeze kept the hungry black flies at bay. A pair of Black-billed Cuckoos engaged in a chase, a singing Brown Thrasher and a very nicely displaying Upland Sandpiper made up for the many birds that were easily heard but not seen. The dratted Northern Waterthrush for example. We ended up with 86 species for the trip, including 13 warbler species on a trip that wasn't really designed for warblers! On behalf of Colin Gaskell and myself I would like to thank the folks that made it out today, a good time was had by all. Cheers Dave Moore & Colin Gaskell SPECIES SEEN >From 5/10/2015 to 5/10/2015 ~ All Places ~ 86 seen DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall Mallard Northern Shoveler Common Merganser Ruddy Duck PHEASANTS, GROUSE, TURKEYS, ALLIES Ruffed Grouse GREBES Pied-billed Grebe CORMORANTS AND SHAGS Double-crested Cormorant HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS American Bittern Great Blue Heron Green Heron NEW WORLD VULTURES Turkey Vulture OSPREY Osprey HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS Virginia Rail PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS Killdeer SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES Spotted Sandpiper Upland Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS Ring-billed Gull Black Tern Common Tern PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove CUCKOOS Black-billed Cuckoo SWIFTS Chimney Swift KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker FALCONS AND CARACARAS American Kestrel TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird VIREOS Warbling Vireo CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven SWALLOWS Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow CHICKADEES AND TITS Black-capped Chickadee NUTHATCHES White-breasted Nuthatch WRENS House Wren THRUSHES AND ALLIES Veery Wood Thrush American Robin MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher STARLINGS European Starling NEW WORLD WARBLERS Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler BUNTINGS AND NEW WORLD SPARROWS Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow CARDINALS AND ALLIES Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak TROUPIALS AND ALLIES Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES Purple Finch American Goldfinch OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow -------- STATISTICS -------- Species seen - 86