RESULTS of Bates Bird Walk V, the last of the five-week series, Tuesday, May 25, 2010, from 6:00 to 8:10 am. Weather sunny with high clouds, 64-70 deg. F, wind calm.

Observers: Joline Gruz, Tom Hayward (leader & recorder), Judy Marden, Bruce and Susan Marsdon.

SPECIES seen and/or heard:

Double-crested Cormorant
Mallard
Merlin (pair, calling and flying)
Killdeer (3 overhead)
Spotted Sandpiper (3)
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo ("bird of the day", well seen by all)
Chimney Swift (many)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher (several, one well seen)
Gray Catbird
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Blue Jay
American Crow
European Starling
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo (several, one well seen)
American Goldfinch
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle

TOTALS: 5 observers, 34 species.

For the five weeks, we had a total of 50 species.