Birding in Durham, New Hampshire

Time: 3:45 - 6:00 PM
Date: 3/15/24
Location: Durham, New Hampshire
Habitat: Developed (UNH Campus), Fields, and Water (Durham Reservoir)
Weather: 42º F, light wind, overcast and intermittently drizzling.

Note: I am unable to view the prompts, so this is a general summary of my walk.

This walk was done with my Dad, who is a professor at UNH, a colleague, and two of their students. We started on the UNH campus, where we saw Dark-Eyed Junco, Tufted Titmouse, Black-Capped Chickadee, and White-Breasted Nuthatch in the trees between the buildings. Then we went towards the fields, where we saw a Feral Pigeon and some Eastern Bluebirds. The bluebirds were flying around the field and at different times perched on a tree at the edge of the field, a wire, and a soccer goal. We also saw a few Killdeer, running around in parts of the field that were puddled from rain accumulated over the past few days.

Then we went up towards the Horse Barn, where there was a small swampy area in between the road and a parking lot. Here, we saw several White-Throated Sparrows flitting around in the shrubbery, along with a few more Dark-Eyed Juncos. There was also a pair of House Finches up in a tree. I also heard but did not see a Song Sparrow. In the fields by the Horse Barn there was a large group of European Starlings mixed in with a few Red-Winged Blackbirds. There were also some American Robins that were hopping around in the grass and I saw them pull a few worms out of the ground. There were some House Sparrows hanging out around the outline of the barn itself, perching on the edge of the building and hopping on the ground just outside of it.

After that, we continued towards Durham Reservoir, where we saw some Canada Geese on the water, as well as a Mourning Dove and another White-Throated Sparrow. As we continued around the reservoir, we saw a pair of Mallards, heard a Blue Jay, saw another Eastern Bluebird, saw a pair of Ring-Necked Ducks, and saw a few Red-Winged Blackbirds that we also heard making both their conk-a-RY song and their chuk calls. Finally, we headed back towards the main campus, where we saw and heard a Fish Crow, to cap off the walk.

Species list:
7 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
2 Ring-Necked Duck
1 Feral Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
3 Killdeer
1 Fish Crow
2 Black-Capped Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-Breasted Nuthatch
50 European Starling
3 Eastern Bluebird
3 American Robin
5 House Sparrow
2 House Finch
3 Dark-Eyed Junco
4 White-Throated Sparrow
7 Red-Winged Blackbird