Rutland State Park (5/27)

Last Saturday I took a hike around Rutland State Park. The weather was sunny and clear and there were lots of birds. The morning started with some good looks at some warblers (Black-throated Green, Common Yellowthroat, Chestnut-sided). As I walked down the path I heard several calls that I eventually decided were coming from Gray Treefrogs. I searched the trees for them for a while without any luck.

Further down the road was a small field filled with activity. I found my first Ruby throated Humming bird of the year and also spooked a Woodcock out of the brush. Cedar Waxwings and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks called from the edge of the field. Back on the road I heard a Black-billed Cukoo calling in the distance and found several Tiger Swallowtails getting nutrients out of the mud.

Other butterflies of note was a Black Swallowtail and a small field full of Pine Elfins.

Birds - Barn Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Black-throated Green Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Prairie Warbler, Eastern Phoebe, Ovenbird, Hairy Woodpecker, Red-eyed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Great Crested Flycatcher, Cedar Waxwing, Blue-wing Warbler, Northern Oriole, American Redstart, Common Raven, American Goldfinch, Tree Swallow, Rose-breasted Grosebeak, Rubu-throated Hummingbird, Black and White Warbler, American Woodcock, Black-billed Cukoo, Tufted Titmouse, Black-capped Chickadee, Warbling Vireo, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Yellow Warbler

Butterflies - Spring Azure, Common Ringlet, Juvenal's Duskywing, Cabbage White, Tiger Swallowtail, Mourning Cloak, Black Swallowtail, American Lady, Clouded Sulphur, Dreamy Duskywing, Pine Elfin

Herps - Gray Treefrog, Bullfrog, Northern Water Snake, Pickeral Frog, American Toad