Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society

South Mastick Field Trip

Saturday, April 19, 2014 at 8 a.m.

Leaders:  Rich and Karen Kassouf

15 birders, 30 species

Rusty Blackbirds got this bird walk off to a great start.  Pairs of Hairy Woodpeckers, Pileated Woodpeckers and Wood Ducks were setting up housekeeping in tall trees. The group saw six woodpecker species at South Mastick, and several birders picked up the seventh - Red-headed Woodpecker -  by making  a side trip to the wetland between Little Met  and Big Met Golf Courses.

BIRD LIST

Canada Goose - 6

Wood Duck - 2  (Pair in tall tree)

Mallard - 5

Broad-winged Hawk - 1

Red-tailed Hawk - 1

Ring-billed Gull - 3

Herring Gull - 3

Mourning Dove - 1

Belted Kingfisher - 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6

Yellow-belled Sapsucker - 1

Downy Woodpecker - 4

Hairy Woodpecker (pair checking out hole in tree)

Northern Flicker - 7

Pileated Woodpecker (nesting pair)

Blue Jay - 15

Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 7

Black-capped Chickadee - 6

Tufted Titmouse - 1

White-breasted Nuthatch - 4

Brown Creeper - 1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3

American Robin - 21

European Starling - 3

Chipping Sparrow - 8

Northern Cardinal - 9

Red-winged Blackbird - 3

RUSTY BLACKBIRD- 17

Brown-headed Cowbird - 5

American Goldfinch - 7