Last Saturday our neigbours Julia and Richard took a short birding stroll near the middle of the farm In spite of the heat, they logged 20 birds as listed below.
1) European Starling
2) Gold Finch
3) Red Tailed Hawk
4) Red Breasted Woodpecker
5) Barn Swallow
6) Eastern Phoebe
7) American Robin
8) Gray Catbird
9) Eastern Kingbird
10) Song Sparrow
11) Eastern Bluebird
12) Northern Flicker
13) Rock Dove
14) Ruby Throated Hummingbird
15) House Sparrow
16) Mourning Dove
17) American Crow
18) Blue Jay
19) Cardinal
After some further work, a Baltimore Oriole was added to the list.
There are always lots of barn and tree swallows in the area. There are some good opportunities to bird on the west side of the farm where the alfalfa allows easy walking along the field edges.
We will have some new wines to release on Friday: a Marechal Foche (not oaked) and a Chambourcin-Bianca Blush. Both are dry. You can buy a glass of these or any other of our wines, or a sparking pear cider to go with a ploughman’s lunch or burger, on Saturday at our open house.
Join us Saturday on the 13th for Doors Open, a vineyard walk or winery tour, some food and wine, and maybe some birding.
Tags: birding, bluebird, Doors Open, flicker, kingbird, new wines, oriole, phoebe
