Date: 8/1/26 11:21 am From: James Kimball <kimball...> Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] RBA Conesus Inlet trip August 1, 2026
Hans Kunze and I led the August 1st RBA trip to the Conesus Inlet Swamp. We had a good time with 15 participants, good weather and turning up a good number of interesting birds. A good start, as we gathered at Vitale Park, was an adult Bald Eagle, which flew low across the end of the park – the first of five eagles on the day. At the inlet swamp, from the west side board walkout we had Eagles and Ospreys, one of them flying over with a caught fish. Of special note, but brief, was a Least Bittern seen in flight. It was a particularly beautiful time today in that location early in our trip. Other special moments were searching out a singing Scarlet Tanager along East Swamp Rd., an unexpected female Bobolink at the east side pond, and watching a Kestrel interacting with a Cooper’s Hawk along Guiltner Rd.
Jim Kimball
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RBA Conesus Inlet Trip
Canada Goose 23
Wood Duck 12
Mallard 10
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 1
Least Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 4
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 1
Purple Martin 12
Barn Swallow 20
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 32
Cedar Waxwing 11
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 12
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 8
Eastern Towhee 2
Bobolink 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Common Grackle 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
N. Yellow Warbler 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 4
