May 11 - Inwood Hill Park

I started what turned out to be Kirtland's Warbler Friday birding in Inwood Hill Park. Having just done a long post on that exciting bird, I am just going to be very brief about the morning in the park. I ran into Diane Schenker as I headed into the park in the morning. Later we encountered Danny Karlson and the three of us birded together for a while, briefly joined by another birder, Ben,  whose full name I don't know. I found 51 species in the park, the best being a Yellow-billed Cuckoo that Diane and I heard as we headed back down the Clove Road. The full list is below.

Canada Goose
Mallard
Great Egret
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow