May 5 - Inwood Hill Park

I am catching up on posting my day lists. May 5 was quieter than the previous three days. On each of the previous three days I was able to record over 50 species on my walk in the park. On May 5, I only found 43 species. This included only one new species for my April/May total - a Red-eyed Vireo (italics below).

I was surprised on my walk to discover that evidently someone had taken the large Dryad's Saddle mushroom I had photographed only yesterday. There was no sign of it today.

Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey - over the Hudson
Bald Eagle - over the Hudson
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay - photographed a bird on its nest in a pine tree

Tufted Titmouse
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal