Centennial Park
| Trip leader & Recorder: Dave Ziolkowski Photographers: Mary Lou Clark & Guy DiRoma |
Date of trip: March 15, 2026 |
| Location: Centennial Park | Number attending: 23 |
| Details: ROUTE: After gathering at the west parking lot, 23 participants walked south to the loop trail and followed it counterclockwise, then up to Emmy’s Meadow, before returning to the loop trail to head fully around the lake and back to the parking lot. WEATHER: Sunrise at 07:18. Mostly cloudy, 41°F at start and warming to 46° by end, with ground level wind of 5 mph out of the east. Sunrise: 07:16. NOTES: Songbird activity was relatively low and quiet, save for songs from a few resident species coming into breeding. We stopped at a Barred Owl roost to explore some pellets, one of which contained an entire Cardinal skull and bones. Others contained House Finch and Meadow Vole skulls. | |
eBird link with bird photos |
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Canada Goose 68
Mallard 10
Ring-necked Duck 2
Hooded Merganser 5
Mourning Dove 7
Ring-billed Gull 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 4
Black Vulture 13
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Barred Owl 0
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 11
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 30
Carolina Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 7
Tree Swallow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 2
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 9
European Starling 18
Northern Mockingbird 8
Eastern Bluebird 12
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 28
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 2
Fox Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 11
White-throated Sparrow 22
Song Sparrow 9
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 18
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Northern Cardinal 14