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29 August 2021
This morning’s outing in Schenley Park was very well attended — 28 people! — so I had to paste two photos together to get (almost) everyone in.
The weather was clammy-hot and the birds were not active but bugs were easy to find. Can you see the green stink bug (Chinavia hilaris) in this picture?
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We also saw cocklebur as promised and an unusual invasive, yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus), which is cultivated in Eurasia for its edible tubers eaten as snack food or made into a sweet milk-like beverage.
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Our Best Bird was a lucky find. As we stood next to Panther Hollow Lake a peregrine falcon zoomed overhead, went into a stoop, and disappeared beyond Phipps Conservatory on his way to the Cathedral of Learning.
We worked for every bird on this checklist at https://ebird.org/checklist/S93900051
Schenley Park–Panther Hollow, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, US
Aug 29, 2021 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM, 1.5 mile(s), 19 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 30 part of the larger flock on Phipps lawn
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2 1 adult, 1 immature circling as we ended the walk
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 4
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 1 Flyover went into a stoop beyond Phipps roof
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 6
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) 2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1 Heard
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 2
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 5
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 4
The next walk, scheduled for 26 September at Bartlett Shelter, should be cooler. Whew!
(photos by Kate St. John)