West Friendship Park

Trip leader: Lisa Colangelo
Recorder: Chuck Stirrat
Photographer: Gregg Petersen
Date of trip: April 30, 2025
Location: West Friendship Park Number attending: 8
Details: Met at front parking lot and carpooled to back parking lot near gate. Made stop in pollinator meadow along the way. Then on foot past the school house and into woods then down to the river. Trail along the river to roundabout. Then circled the butterfly area and returned to parking lot along main road. Temp 65 -75 with scattered clouds, mostly sunny. Very light to calm winds. Somewhat humid.

eBird link with bird photos

It's tick season!

Canada Goose  2
Mourning Dove  12
Black-billed Cuckoo  1  (Excellent looks by everyone.)
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  9
Bald Eagle  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-headed Woodpecker  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  2
Warbling Vireo  2
Blue Jay  9
American Crow  5
Carolina Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  4
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  13
Northern House Wren  8
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  10

Gray Catbird  6
Brown Thrasher  2
Northern Mockingbird  6
Eastern Bluebird  8
Wood Thrush  3
American Robin  12
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  25
Grasshopper Sparrow  2
Chipping Sparrow  6
Field Sparrow  5
White-throated Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  10
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  7
Eastern Meadowlark  2
Orchard Oriole  3
Baltimore Oriole  2 (Female)
Red-winged Blackbird  16
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Yellowthroat  13
Northern Parula  6
Yellow Warbler  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  16
Indigo Bunting  2