19 Might 2024
The pouring rain ended yesterday morning simply in time for our stroll in Schenley Park.
From midnight till 8am 1.16 inches of rain fell. All of the streams had been dashing and Panther Hole Lake was muddy and full. It seemed as if the lake had risen 8-12 inches since I noticed it the day earlier than.
Among the many cattails we discovered busy red-winged blackbirds together with a feminine gathering nesting materials who scanned the sky for predators (at prime). The final time I noticed red-wings constructing nests was in mid April. Was this a second nesting? Or had excessive water flooded nests that now had been being rebuilt?
Why was the feminine blackbird scanning the sky? She in all probability noticed a red-tailed hawk shuttling meals to 3 kids of their nest on the bridge.
All instructed we noticed 27 species of birds plus one doe, 5 bucks and an lively beehive.
I’m so glad it stopped raining!
Our guidelines is right here https://ebird.org/guidelines/S175534213 and listed beneath.
Schenley Park, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, US
Might 18, 2024 8:30 AM – 10:45 AM, 27 species
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 5
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1 Perched on snag
Crimson-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 4 3 kids in nest
Crimson-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 2
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 3 Grownup perched on nest rail, 2 younger on falconcam
Japanese Wooden-Pewee (Contopus virens) 2
Japanese Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1
Crimson-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 4
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 8
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 2
Northern Tough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 3
Home Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 4 Home wrens often nest at PH Lake within the streetlight hoods. Singing wren close to the streetlight went into the hood.
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 3
Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 4
Wooden Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 1 Heard
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 30
Home Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 6
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 4
Music Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 4
Crimson-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 8 (PHLake very excessive after lot of rain. Maybe flooded RWBL nests)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 1
Widespread Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) 2
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) 1 Heard
