Tweet and See, May 2011

Wow!  This was a crazy month, and I wonder how many of you were able to keep up with your bird list!  I am adding a new component to Tweet and See, thanks to Angie at Pebblekeeper.  If you would like, you can add your Favorite Bird Happening or Bird Scene picture for the month.  Here are mine for the month.

Here is the list we saw in May where I live:
A * represents the first time on our list.

1. House Finch
2. Eastern Pee Wee *
3. Carolina Wren
4. Bob White *
5. Osprey
6. Cardinal
7. Grackle
8. Amercian Crow
9. Mockingbird
10. Turkey Vulture
11. Black Vulture
12. Bluebird
13. Eastern Towhee
14. Song Sparrow
15. Killdeer
16. Red Shouldered Hawk
17. Mallard
18. Muscovy
19. Canada Goose
20. Carolina Chickadee
21. Brown Thrasher *
22. Starling
23. Downy Woodpecker
24. Mourning Dove
25. Brown-headed cowbird
26. Catbird
27. American Robin
28. Peacock
29. Red winged Blackbird

Here is the list from our tirp to Williamsburg and the Outer Banks.  I really was surpirsed at some of the common  birds, even though we were 12 hours away and in a completely different habitat.  Some of the same birds were the Mockingbird, Crow, Robin, Catbird and Cowbird.

Birds in the Outer Banks:

1. Brown Pelican *
2. Laughing Gull *
3. Herring Gull *
4. Rock Dove
5. Sanderling *
6. Double Crested Cormorant *
7. Ring Billed Gull
8. Purple Martin
9. Great Egret
10. Boat Tailed Grackle *
11. Fish Crow *
12. Foster's Tern *
13. Snowy Egret *
14. Black-Capped Chickadee (not a Carolina)*

Birds in the Williamsburg area:

1. Blue Jay
2. Barn Swallow *
3. Royal Tern *
4. House Sparrow
5. Immature Female Dickcissel* (any other ideas, this even has stumped Dawn)

What do you think?  Is this a mystery bird?

Heather




PS- June 6 Kingdom Arrows and Olive Plants are co-hosting a Blog Hop, the Great Reveal.  Read here for info on how to participate.  I can't wait to read what everyone's curriculum plans are for the next school year!