Day 19.135: Half-century

On Saturday, our nature group had set out to see 50 species of birds in a three hour visit to Rotary Park in Biddeford. In the end we reached that "half-century" with the black vultures around the two hour mark and went on to total 56 species. Here are some more photos from a very camera-friendly morning.

Northern cardinal

Song sparrow

Wood ducks

We watched two Baltimore orioles chasing crows away across the river

These cedar waxwings were passing an unripe fruit back and forth for a while

Eventually, one of them flew away and the other dropped it unceremoniously

Turkey vulture

Not a great photo, but it was my first blackpoll warbler of the year

Red-eyed vireo (with visibly red eye)

Better photo, but eye looks black

Chestnut-sided warbler

Brown thrasher

Eastern bluebird

American redstart

Gray catbird

Broad-winged hawk (with some missing flight feathers)

Hairy woodpecker (rare to see it foraging on the ground)

Maybe being a new parent explains some odd behavior

Spotted sandpiper

Great crested flycatcher