BSES Birding Club, Fall 2018
The fall session of Trailblazers BSES Birding Club was by far our most exciting club season yet!
With a grand total of 45 species, the students of the club witnessed a handful of very exciting birds this season. We observed four species of warbler including spectacular views of Magnolia Warbler in the scrub shrubs of the east side of campus. We also observed multiple female Purple Finches as they fed on berries on our beloved trail. Although previously recorded before on the trail, these observations of Purple Finch and Magnolia Warbler were first-time sightings of the species on the trail for Trailblazers!
Most exciting of all though was our hawk watch session. We watched the mid-October skies from the bleachers of our baseball field in hopes of finding birds of prey soaring over, and we were handsomely rewarded! We had Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, and not one but FIVE Bald Eagles!!!
Check out a video recap from our latest session together:
Can't wait for what the winter and spring club seasons bring for Trailblazers Birding Club!
45 species for the season:
Canada Goose
Mourning Dove
gull sp.
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
sparrow sp.
Common Grackle
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow
