Rauscher Farm, Friday, September 25, 2026

We had to reschedule this trip ahead of our fall Nor’Easter. Four of us were able to get together on that Friday. We were able to see migrating warblers and sparrows, as listed below. Perhaps the most unusual find of the morning was a Lincoln’s Sparrow. Photographs of several of the listed birds are included on the eBird checklist posted for that morning.

• Mourning Dove 4

• Great Blue Heron 1

• Turkey Vulture 1

• Red-shouldered Hawk 1

• Belted Kingfisher 1

• Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

• Downy Woodpecker 3

• Hairy Woodpecker 1

• Pileated Woodpecker 1

• Northern Flicker 1

• Eastern Phoebe 3

• Blue-headed Vireo 1

• Blue Jay 20

• American Crow 14

• Common Raven 1

• Black-capped Chickadee 2

• White-breasted Nuthatch 1

• Northern House Wren 2

• Carolina Wren 1

• Gray Catbird 20

• Northern Mockingbird 3

• Eastern Bluebird 10

• American Robin 2

• House Finch 4

• American Goldfinch 1

• Chipping Sparrow 5

• Song Sparrow 4

• Lincoln's Sparrow 1

• Swamp Sparrow 2

• Eastern Towhee 4

• American Redstart 1

• Palm Warbler 2

• Pine Warbler 2

• Northern Cardinal 4

• Mallard 10