On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM Constanza Ehrenhaus <cxe1169...>
wrote:
> It was a beautiful morning on Saturday, when six people showed up to our
> bird walk. Of these, three were children, and one had recently decided to
> start joining birdwalks (shout out to Mr. Ed Fitzgerald!). Since this was a
> walk with children in mind, the pace was relaxed and the duration limited
> to one hour.
>
> We enjoyed the pleasant weather, several resident birds, and a few
> migrants. A group of unafraid American Goldfinches allowed us for very
> close observation, as they enjoyed the seed heads in the butterfly garden,
> we speculated that one of them might have been a juvenile as the head
> feathers looked extra fluffy. A Downy Woodpecker working a cup plant was a
> good reminder to us all that it is best to leave the garden be until the
> next spring, as a Northern Cardinal sang from the trees behind us.
>
> We saw a Common Yellowthroat foraging in the goldenrods and a Hooded
> Warbler using the treetops as a highway on its way south. We also heard the
> call of a White Throated Sparrow, much to our delight.
>
>
> The full list of species can be found here
> <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fatlaspa%2Fchecklist%2FS274465861&data=05%7C02%<7CSCBIRDCL...>%7Ce91028434e2648c8eeb808ddf8633cb1%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C638939827402853723%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NfoRMntRVDQU5G32LpTk8lo3iVp4maEJVxRMkFkQWoA%3D&reserved=0> >
>
> Have a good day, and happy birding!
>
>
> Coty
>
>
> PS: If anybody knows the email address of Mr. Fitzgerald, please forward
> this to him. I would also like to share the eBird list with him, and my
> file glitched before I could do so.
>
> [image: 20250920_092721.jpg]
> [image: 20250920_091646.jpg]
>
>
> --
> Constanza Ehrenhaus.
>
>
