While I wasn’t really actively birding on the trail, I did carry a small monocular to help me ID the more common birds along the way. I was able to add several new birds to my life-list, such as the Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager and Cedar Waxwing. I used the Sibley Guide App, which was worth every penny!
Here is my list of birds:
White breasted nuthatch
American Robin
Dark eyed junco
Rose breasted grosbeak
Black throated green warbler
Wood thrush
Black throated blue warbler
Northern rough winged swallow
Chipping Sparrow
Carolina chickadee
American crow
Canada goose
Ruffed grouse
Blue Jay
Mallard
Northern cardinal
Barn swallow
Eastern towhee
Blue headed vireo
House sparrow
House Finch
Rick pigeon
Turkey vulture
Wild turkey
Tufted titmouse
Red winged blackbird
European starling
Common grackle
Barred owl
Eastern whip poor will
Brown headed cowbird
Pileated woodpecker
Mourning dove
Northern mockingbird
Song sparrow
Chestnut sided warbler
American redstart
Indigo bunting
Eastern kingbird
Scarlet tanager
Cedar waxwing
Gray catbird
Eastern Phoebe
Black vulture
Mute swan
American goldfinch
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Killdeer
Common ground dove
Ruby throated hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Red breasted nuthatch
Boreal chickadee
Golden-crowned kinglet
Spruce Grouse
Ring-billed Gull
Black-backed woodpecker
Black-capped chickadee
YES!!
That is so cool!
Megan and Paul you two are such nerds!! Nice list
I’m the nerd, didn’t even know this was here, I found it on my phone’s “desktop”!!!! I think this is the greatest thing EVER! I LOVE birds and my lifetime list is qbout 1/2 your list! I’m so jealous of your adventures ! When do you finish???