Our field trip to Machimoodus State Park on Mother’s Day attracted 10 participants. We set a new record of 59 species (we added 4 more to the enclosed list).
Highlight of the day: 3 Blue-winged Warblers in a skirmish swarmed around us just a few feet away and kept at it for several minutes.
Machimoodus State Park, Moodus US-CT 41.50258, -72.47731
May 10, 2026
7:33 AM
Traveling
1.72 miles
182 Minutes
Comments: 58 degrees, overcast
1 Mallard
1 Common Merganser
3 Mourning Dove
2 Chimney Swift
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
1 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
2 Eastern Kingbird
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
3 Eastern Warbling Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
7 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
1 Common Raven
3 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
6 Tree Swallow
4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Northern House Wren
4 Gray Catbird
4 Eastern Bluebird
5 American Robin
11 Cedar Waxwing
2 House Finch
3 American Goldfinch
10 Chipping Sparrow
2 Field Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
2 Orchard Oriole
2 Baltimore Oriole
24 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
12 Common Grackle
1 Ovenbird
1 Louisiana Waterthrush
5 Blue-winged Warbler
2 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
1 Northern Parula
6 Northern Yellow Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
4 Northern Cardinal
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
Number of Taxa: 55
Rob Mirer – Trip Leader
