Date: 5/1/25 5:14 pm From: KevinMcG via groups.io <kmcgrath...> Subject: [hmbirds] Peebles Island this morning.
Ten Thursday Birders walked the full Perimeter trail at Peebles Island this morning. It was a cool , dry, sunny morning (about 50) at 7:30 and the birds were up and singing. The Gnatcatchers, Warbling Vireos, yellow rumps, and yellow warblers greeted us in the parking lot and followed us everywhere around the island.
The first of a dozen Oriole presented himself in full song at the top of a large barely leafed Maple near the first intersection. A Scarlet Tanager could be heard in the distance as well as a Great Crested Flycatcher were too far out for viewing, until later when we found them both along the trail on the other side of the island.
Near the flats we picked out a couple bank swallows amongst the tree and rough wing swallows, a bonapartes gull, a pair of yellowlegs (gr), one solitary, one spotted sandpiper, and a killdeer.
Working our way back to the parking are we found a Redstart, a nesting Eagle, and collection of 37 large turtles (still not sure what species) sunning themselves on a rock-cliff at the east end of second island.
