RESULTS of the fifth and last Bates Bird Walk of 2006, held on May 23 from
6:00 to 8:20 am; partly to mostly cloudy, 45-50 deg. F, wind NW 5-10 mph.

Observers: Ned Claxton, Julie Hayes, Tom Hayward (leader and recorder),
Mirka Hlavacova.



Birds seen or heard:

Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Wood Duck
Mallard
Merlin
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
American Crow
European Starling
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

TOTALS: 4 observers, 43 species.

Footnote: by my count we had 63 species all together for the 5 weeks of
the trip, including 2 new ones--Greater Yellowlegs and Carolina Wren.
TAH