Centennial Woods Birding
Time: 9:20 to 10:20 AM, 4/21/24
Location: Centennial Woods, Burlington, VT
Weather: Mostly Sunny, 46° F, Light wind
Habitat: Forest, Pine Forest, Marsh
For this journal entry I went to Centennial Woods. Near the entrance I saw there was a Downy Woodpecker and a Black-Capped Chickadee on a seed/suet feeder combo attached to a tree. The suet cage was empty, but the woodpecker was trying to snatch any small granules of suet that remained. I also saw and heard an American Crow fly overhead. As I moved into the pine forest, I saw several Tufted Titmice and Black-Capped Chickadees flying around.
As I reached the clearing, I could hear a Song Sparrow calling in from the reeds. For awhile, I looked for it but couldn't see it, but then I eventually did catch a glimpse of it. Meanwhile, I saw a crow mobbing a hawk that was soaring overhead. I was never quite sure of the identity of the crow or the hawk. While I did hear the crow, it sounded somewhat intermediate between the American and Fish crow calls, while also sounding more 'screamy'. I'm not sure if that was because it was particularly angry at the hawk and doing an uncommon alarm call, or if it was just a weird sounding individual, or perhaps even a hybrid. I noticed the hawk had a black-and-white striped tail, which signals it was either a Red-Shouldered or Broad-Winged Hawk. I'm leaning towards Broad-Winged because it seemed on the small side - around the size of the crow, but I'm not sure.
On the way back, I saw a few more - or perhaps the same - chickadees and titmice in the pine forest area, and then I saw a pair of American Robins in the parking lot across the street from the entrance to centennial.
Full Species List:
1 Red-Shouldered or Broad-Winged Hawk
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 American Crow
5 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
2 American Robin
1 Song Sparrow
Heard only: Eastern Phoebe, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Cardinal, Common Raven
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