Birders at the PGT

For years I’ve dismissed Vireos as birds so drab that it wasn’t worth lifting my binoculars to see them. Julie Lundsted has set me straight.

This morning she led an Audubon Society of Missouri field trip to the Prairie Garden Trust. On the walk the group showed me a Yellow-throated Vireo; a stunningly beautiful bird. I hope to go back this week and get a picture.

On the 3-hour walk we saw 68 different species of birds.
Here is a list of the names and numbers of what we saw:
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 2
Blue-winged Teal 2
Wild Turkey 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 20
Turkey Vulture 15
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 3
Cliff Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 8
Swainson’s Thrush 2
American Robin 1
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Blue-winged Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Kentucky Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 8
Northern Parula 4
Palm Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 9
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 7
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Summer Tanager 5
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 8
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 4
Baltimore Oriole 6
American Goldfinch 7