Throwback to the Big Weekend

This post is a throwback to my "Big Weekend" that I did exactly 1 month ago. During May 14th-15th, I saw 81 species, including Common Nighthawk, 3 Olive-Sided Flycatchers, 2 Yellow-Billed Cuckoos, and more! The full list is down below. Species highlighted in red were only seen on the 14th, and those highlighted in blue were only seen on the 15th. Those not highlighted were seen on both days.

Canada Goose

Wood Duck (1 at Pool)

Gadwall

Mallard

Bufflehead (late bird on Reservoir)

Ruddy Duck (2 late birds on Reservoir both days)

Double-Crested Cormorant

Great Egret

Green Heron (flyover at Blockhouse)

Black-Crowned Night Heron (At Upper Lobe)

Red-Tailed Hawk (3)

Spotted Sandpiper (Wagner Cove and Reservoir)

Ring-Billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-Backed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (1 at Maintenance Meadow, 1 at Azalea Pond)

Common Nighthawk (Roosting at Great)

Chimney Swift

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Olive-Sided Flycatcher (Summit Rock and Azalea Pond on Sat., North Woods on Sun.)

Eastern Wood-Pewee (heard Sat., seen Sun.)

Least Flycatcher (Bow Bridge and Turtle Pond)

Eastern Kingbrrd

Warbling Vireo

Red-Eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (Many at Reservoir)

Tree Swallow (At Reservoir)

Barn Swallow

Black-Capped Chickadee

White-Breasted Nuthatch

House Wren (2 on Sun.)

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (Uncommon, but seen at Summit Rock Sun.)

Veery

Gray-Cheeked Thrush (Singing at Blockhouse Sun.)

Swainson’s Thrush

Hermit Thrush (late, but birds seen both days)

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird (Sat.)

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Black-and-White Warbler

Mourning Warbler (Male at Oak Bridge)

Common Yellowthroat

American Redstart

Cape May Warbler (toughie, but a few seen both days)

Northern Paula

Magnolia Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-Sided Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-Throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Uncommon, but a few seen both days)

Black-Throated Green Warbler

Canada Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler

Chipping Sparrow (2 near Sparrow Rock)

Field Sparrow (not very common, bird at Summit Rock Sat. and Turtle Pond Sun.)

White-Throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow (Tupelo Meadow, barely missed on Sun.)

Lincoln’s Sparrow (Tanner’s Spring and Oak Bridge)

Eastern Towhee

Scarlet Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Azalea Pond)

Indigo Bunting

Red-Winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-Headed Cowbird (2)

Baltimore Oriole

House Finch

House Sparrow