A small group from the UVM Field Naturalist program ventured out to Red
Rocks Park this morning for a pretty darn good morning of birding
considering how quiet it was initially - 43 species in total during the
2-hour venture!

*But there were some highlights:*
Palm Warbler, a solitary Blue-headed Vireo, one Black-and-White Warbler, a
Louisiana Waterthrush calling in the distance, Black-throated Green
Warblers, and a male yearling moose at the water's edge. Other featured
cast members included Pine Warblers, Ruby-crowns all over, Yellow-rumps,
Downies, Flicker, Titmice,  Mergansers and many more against a backdrop of
Chickadees and Goldfinches.

All this played out over a sea of flowering trout lilies, Dutchman's
breeches, spring beauties, foamflower, and trillium -- Happy Spring,
everyone!

Many thanks to Matt Cahill for keeping the full list, below:

 Canada Goose - 1

Common Merganser - 2

Double-crested Cormorant - 1

Turkey Vulture – 9

Ring-billed Gull - 2

Herring Gull - 1

Rock Pigeon - 3

Mourning Dove - 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1

Downy Woodpecker - 3

Hairy Woodpecker - 1

Northern Flicker - 1

Pileated Woodpecker - 2

Eastern Phoebe - 1

Blue-headed Vireo - 1

Blue Jay - 1

American Crow - 5

Common Raven - 2

Tree Swallow - 1

Black-capped Chickadee - 13

Tufted Titmouse - 10

Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1

Brown Creeper - 3

House Wren - 1

Carolina Wren - 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 18 (All over the park. Did not observe much fighting
- mostly females? Some singing, many silently gleaning).

American Robin - 6

European Starling - 3

Louisiana Waterthrush - 1

Black-and-white Warbler - 1

Palm Warbler (Yellow) - 1

Pine Warbler - 6

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 8

Black-throated Green Warbler - 4

Song Sparrow - 1

White-throated Sparrow - 2

Dark-eyed Junco - 1

Northern Cardinal - 7

Red-winged Blackbird - 2

Common Grackle - 2

Brown-headed Cowbird - 2

House Finch - 1

American Goldfinch - 11


-- 
*"Every morning I awaken torn between the desire to save the world, and the
inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day." E.B. White*