Big Day Bird Count 2008
Greenbrook conducted its annual Big Day Bird Count on Saturday, May 10, 2008. As in previous years, staff and members hiked the 6½ miles of sanctuary trails in search of resident and migrant species. The total number of species counted this year was 80.
The count began at 5:30 AM and ran until sundown. The day’s highlights included: northern harrier, cedar waxwings and red-breasted nuthatch as well as Blackburnian, hooded, and mourning warblers.
Big Day is part of the International Migratory Bird Day and is celebrated annually on the second Saturday in May. Greenbrook has been a longtime participant and submits its count totals each year. The table below is the final species list for Big Day 2008.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Wild Turkey
Solitary Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Cedar Waxwing
Winter Wren
Gray Catbird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Species seen - 80
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