Ludlow Reservoir Morning Walk

We started out on a cool but sunny morning with 11 people.  Our first interesting bird, and perhaps the best of the day, was a very low flying Pileated Woodpecker.  As he moved from tree to tree, he stayed mostly under 6 ft off the ground and occasionally was even on the ground.  We had a number of near ground woodpeckers that day mainly Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers.  The warblers however stayed mostly high in the trees and confounded our ability to ID the majority of them.  The other highlights included a Brown Creeper and Red-breasted Nuthatch.  We had a late Phoebe and a Red-eyed Vireo.  Our only sparrows were a trio of Songs and the water was bereft of fowl other than a few mallards accompanied by a pair of Double-crested Cormorants and a Great Blue Heron.  It was a nice day for a walk, but not a great number of birds.   Our total species count for the day was 23.