Field Report: Welkinweir, October 20, 2012

On Saturday, October 20, Rick Keyser lead a bird walk at Welkinweir that saw 42 species, including great views of a Blue-Headed Vireo that was voted "bird of the walk". The complete list, as submitted to eBird, follows:

Canada Goose  25
Great Blue Heron  1
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  13
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Mourning Dove  7
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker   3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch   3
Carolina Wren  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Eastern Bluebird  10
American Robin  25
Gray Catbird  2 
Northern Mockingbird  1 
European Starling  7
Palm Warbler  1 
Palm Warbler (Western)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  40
Eastern Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  8
Field Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  10
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
Northern Cardinal   5
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Common Grackle  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Purple Finch   1
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  9

Also spotted: a possible Orange-crowned Warbler, Red Admiral, Red Squirrel