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Fall Field Trips - 2010 are coming up. Join us and be a part of it all.
Spring Field Trips - 2010 (click on any list to go there - or scroll down)
Kankakee Sands, Willow Slough. . . .. . .. . .Sat, May 29, '10
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, OH. . . . . . . .. Sat, May 22, '10
Fox Island IBIS sp. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . Sat, May 15, '10
. .. . . . .missing some
Black Swamp Audubon Sanctuary . . ,.. . . Thurs, May 6, '10
Salamonie Res. & State Forest . . . .. . . .. .. . Sat, May 01, '10
Franke Park , Fort Wayne. . . . .. . . . . . . . . Sat, April 24, '10
Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen Co.- - -. . . . . . Sun, April 11, '10
Fox Island Bird List- - - - - - - - - - ..- . . . . . . Sat, April 03, '10
Eagle Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat, March 27, '10
Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen Co.- - -. . . . . . Sun, March 21, '10
Fall Field Trips - 2009 (click on any list to go there - or scroll down)
2009 Christmas Bird Count (PDF link) . . . . Sat, Dec. 19, 09
Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen Co . . . . . . . . . . Sun, Nov. 8, 09
Lake Michigan Lakefront, IN - -.. . . . . . . . . .. Sat, Nov. 7, 09
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, OH - - -......Sat, Oct. 31, 09
Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen Co - -........... ... .Sun, Oct. 25, 09
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Cntr . . Sat, Oct 17, '09
Fox Island Bird List- - - - - - - - - - ..- . . . . . . . - Sat, Oct. 03, '09
Franke Park - Fort Wayne List - -.. . . . . . . ..- Sat, Sept. 26, '09
Salamonie Resevoir List- - - - - - -. . . . . . . . . - Sat, Sept. 19, '09
Chain O' Lakes State Park- - - .- . . . . . . .-.. .- Sat, Sept. 12, '09
Fox Island Bird List- - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . -. - Sat, Sept. 05, '09
Spring Field Trips - 2009 (click on any list to go there - or scroll down)
Kankakee Sands, Willow Slough Bird List - - -.. Sun, May 31, '09
Fox Island Bird List- - - - - - - - - - .........................- - Sat, May 23, '09
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area , OH Bird List- - . - ... Sat, May 16, '09
Noble County : Black-Necked Stilts Bird List ..- Sat, May 02, '09
Salamonie Reservoir & River State Forest: - .- . Sat, Apr 25, '09
Hurshtown Resevoir Bird List - - -.................... .... Sun, Apr 19, 2009
Quabache State Park Bird List - -.................... . ..- Sat, Apr 18, 2009
Fox Island Bird List - - - - - - - ..-....................... - - - -Sat, Apr 04, 2009
Lake Michigan, Kankakee FWA Bird List - - .....- Sat, Mar 28, 2009The List of This Season's Field Trips . . IN-BIRD-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU . . 2008 Spring Field Trip Sightings
Spring Field Trips - 2010
Kankakee Sands, Willow Slough . . . . Bird -- List . . . . . Saturday, May 29, 2010
Twelve participants in Stockbridge Audubon Society's field trip to Newton County recorded 80 species on a hot, sunny Saturday. We did well in the morning at Kankakee Sands and vicinity, missing only Upland Sandpiper among our target birds. By lunchtime, heat had greatly reduced bird activity; we didn't get much in the afternoon at Murphey Lake as the mercury soared to 90.
Canada Goose
Mallard
Ring-necked Pheasant
N. Bobwhite
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Kestrel
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpecker: Red-headed, Red-bellied, Downy, N. Flicker, Pileated
E. Wood Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
E. Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
E. Kingbird
Vireo: White-eyed, Bell's 3, Yellow-throated, Warbling, Red-eyed
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Swallow: Tree, Barn
Tufted Titmouse
Wren: Carolina, House, Marsh
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
E. Bluebird
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird
N. Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher
Eur. Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
E. Towhee
Sparrow: Chipping, Field, Vesper, Lark 3, Savannah, Grasshopper, Henslow's 12, Song, Swamp
N. Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird
E. Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark 3
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Oriole: Orchard, Baltimore
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
House Sparrow
- - Jim Haw
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, OH. . . . . Bird -- List . . . . . Saturday, May 22, 2010
Eighteen birders joined Stockbridge Audubon's field trip to Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Ohio, a famed songbird migration concentration point on Lake Erie. The migration was clearly past its peak, but we recorded a group total of about 93 species, including 19 warblers. The more unusual birds included:
Bald Eagle
Common Moorhen
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Marsh Wren
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
- - Jim Haw
Fox Island IBIS sp. . . . . Bird -- List . . . . . Saturday, May 15, 2010
A partly sunny but increasingly cloudy Saturday morning attracted sixteen participants (but not that many at any one time) to Fox Island County Park, Allen Co., for a Stockbridge Audubon field trip at the peak of spring migration. We found 92 species including 25 warblers. Highlight was a PLEGADIS IBIS sp. that Rodger Rang spotted and the rest of us saw around 10 a.m. It was flying north at a steady pace, so could not be identified as to species. This is a first record for Allen Co. Highlights among warblers were GOLDEN-WINGED, CONNECTICUT and seven Mourning, which ties the second highest day count for Fox Is.
After lunch, I did a short loop into the east end, adding Yellow-throated and Black-throated Blue to make 27 warblers for the day. When I left the park around 1:30, I paused along Yohne Rd. and heard the Bell's Vireo singing in its usual thicket; we didn't find it in the morning, so that makes 95 species for the day at Fox Is. I proceeded to check Eagle Marsh to see if the ibis had dropped in there but didn't find it.- - The Fox Island list:
Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 4
Hooded Merganser 1
Heron: Great Blue 1, Green 3
PLEGADIS IBIS sp. 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Hawk: Broad-winged 1, Red-tailed 1
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Woodpecker: Red-bellied 6, Downy 6, Hairy 3, N. Flicker 1, Pileated 2
Flycatcher:
. . E. Wood Pewee 9
. . Acadian 4
. . ALDER 2
. . Willow 5
. . Least 7
. . E. Phoebe 1
. . Great Crested 9
Vireo:
. . White-eyed 4
. . Bell's 1
. . Yellow-throated 3
. . Blue-headed 2
. . Warbling 13
. . Red-eyed 18
Blue Jay 6
Am. Crow 1
N. Rough-winged Swallow 2
Bank Swallow 8
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 2
House Wren 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Veery 9
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2
Swainson's Thrush 8
Wood Thrush 6
Am. Robin 16
Gray Catbird 29
Brown Thrasher 3
Warbler:
. . GOLDEN-WINGED 1
. . Tennessee 8
. . Nashville 5
. . N. Parula 6
. . Yellow 12
. . Chestnut-sided 19
. . Magnolia 18
. . Cape May 1
. . Black-throated Blue 1
. . Yellow-rumped 1
. . Black-throated Green 3
. . Blackburnian 6
. . Yellow-throated 1
. . Bay-breasted 2
. . Blackpoll 3
. . Black and White 6
. . Am. Redstart 10
. . Prothonotary 3
. . Ovenbird 4
. . N. Waterthrush 7
. . Kentucky 1
. . CONNECTICUT 2
. . Mourning 7
. . Common Yellowthroat 14
. . Wilson's 6
. . Canada 6
. . Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Scarlet Tanager 3
E. Towhee 3
Sparrow: Chipping 2, Field 7, Song 6, Lincoln's 1, White-throated 6, White-crowned 1
N. Cardinal 19
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9
Indigo Bunting 22
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 17
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 20
Am. Goldfinch 9
House Sparrow 3
- - Jim Haw
some missing trips . .
Black Swamp Audubon Sanctuary . . . . Bird -- List . . . . . Thursday, May 6, 2010
Eight Stockbridge birders joined three members of the Black Swamp Audubon Society this morning for an exploration of the Black Swamp Audubon Sanctuary at Antwerp, Ohio. We recorded 50 species, including some seen along the road:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Mourning Dove
Woodpecker: Red-bellied, Downy, N. Flicker
E. Wood Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Vireo: Warbling, Red-eyed
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Tree Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
White-br. Nuthatch
Wren: Carolina, House
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
E. Bluebird
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird
N. Mockingbird 2 in Antwerp
Brown Thrasher
Eur. Starling
Warbler:
. . Nashville, N. Parula, Yellow, Cape May, Yellow-rumped, Black-thr. Green,
. . Blackburnina, Black and White, Ovenbird
E. Towhee
Sparrow: Chipping, Field, Song
N. Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Am. Goldfinch
- - Jim Haw
Salamonie Res. & State Forest . . . . Bird -- List . . . . . Saturday, May 1, 2010
Stockbridge Audubon Society's field trip to Salamonie started out with five people; Ed and Cynthia Powers joined us for the afternoon after doing their program for the Master Naturalist Program at Salamonie. The low turnout can be blamed on strong thunderstorms before dawn and continuing rain until around 7:30 a.m. After that it was dry but gray skies and wind kept birds relatively inactive and quiet most of the day. Considering the unfavorable weather we did pretty well: 77 species, 14 warblers.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal 4
Hooded Merganser 1
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Sora 1
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift 2
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpecker: Red-bellied, Downy, N. Flicker, Pileated 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
Vireo: Blue-headed 1, Warbling 4, Red-eyed 2
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Horned Lark
Swallow: Tree, Cliff, Barn
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-br. Nuthatch
Wren: Carolina, House
Blue-gray Gnacatcher 10
E. Bluebired
Thrush: Hermit 1, Wood 2
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
Eur. Starling
Warbler:
. . Blue-winged 1
. . Nashville 3
. . N. Parula 5
. . Yellow 12
. . Yellow-rumped 1
. . Yellow-throated 5
. . Prairie 1
. . Palm 2
. . Ovenbird 2
. . N. Waterthrush 1
. . Louisiana Waterthrush 4
. . Kentucky 1
. . Common Yellowthroat 5
. . Hooded 3
Scarlet Tanager 3
E. Towhee
Sparrow: Chipping, Field, Savannah 3, Song, White-throated, White-crowned 4
N. Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 3
Red-winged Blackbird
E. Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 5
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
House Sparrow
- - Jim Haw
Franke Park , Fort Wayne. . . . . Bird -- List . . . . . Saturday, April 24, 2010
In spite of the threat of rain (which never really materialized), 11 birders, led by Rodger Rang and me, gathered for a Stockbridge Audubon field trip to Franke Park in Fort Wayne. We found 59 species, most in small numbers.
Canada Goose 10
Wood Duck 8
Mallard 15
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Sora 1
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Caspian Tern 1 (flyover)
Mourning Dove 2
Great Horned Owl 2 (fledglings)
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 30+
Brown Thrasher 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Pine Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 2
Ovenbird 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 6
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 80
Northern Cardinal 9
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
Purple Finch 6
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 8- - Ed Powers
Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen Co. . . . . Bird -- List . . . . . Sunday, April 11, 2010
Twelve people joined Stockbridge Audubon Society's field trip to Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen Co. on a beautiful, mild Sunday afternoon. We found a decent variety as follows:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Green-winged Teal 1
Lesser Scaup 20
Bufflehead 4
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Common Loon 2
Horned Grebe 8
Double-crested Cormorant 80
Am. Coot 4
Killdeer 2
Bonaparte's Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 10
Doug Rood and I went by Cedarville Reservoir after the field trip and found another 65 Double-crested Cormorants. This must be the peak of their migration here.
- - Jim Haw
Stockbridge Audubon field trip, Fox Island . . . Bird List . . . Saturday, April 03, 2010
Fifteen birders enjoyed Stockbridge Audubon Society's field trip to Fox Island County Park, Allen Co. on an increasingly cloudy Saturday morning. The wind kicked in late in the morning, and we completed our half day walk just as the first rain drops began to fall. Total numbers of birds were once again small (my mantra for the past three months), but we recorded 49 species in Fox Is. Most unexpected was a very early (but not record early) singing male BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER on the west side of the Nature Center which treated us to good looks.
Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 6
Blue-winged Teal 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 6
Turkey Vulture 5
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 4
Mourning Dove 3
Great Horned Owl 1 on nest, apparently brooding young
Belted Kingfisher 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Downy Woodpecker 9
Hairy Woodpecker 2
N. Flicker 7
Pileated Woodpecker 2
E. Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 10
Am. Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Brown Creeper 4
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 FOS
E. Bluebird 1
Am. Robin 20
Brown Thrasher 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER 1 . . . .==>
E. Towhee 8
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 6
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 30
N. Cardinal 13
Red-winged Blackbird 17
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Am. Goldfinch 14
House Sparrow 4Afterward, Sandy Schacht and I quickly checked the low areas on Homestead and Amber Roads that flooded last spring. There was much less water this year, but we found 7 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS (FOS) in a puddle on the east side of Homestead, and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER (FOS) and 5 Rusty Blackbirds on Amber.
Jim Haw
Stockbridge Audubon field trip, Eagle Marsh . . . Bird -- List . . . Saturday, Mar 27, 2010
Fifteen birders gathered today for a field trip at Eagle Marsh in Fort Wayne on a mostly sunny but chilly day. We walked a 1.6 mile loop at the west end, drove the towpath trail to the east end, and there took another, shorter walk. We had a nice waterfowl list, but our best surprise was *90* Tree Swallows and one BARN SWALLOW perched together in the cattails off the Pump Road (there were additional Tree Swallows elsewhere to raise the total to 100). Total species count was 42.
Canada Goose - 20
Mute Swan - 3
Wood Duck - 1
Gadwall - 15
Mallard - 50
Blue-winged Teal - 25
Northern Shoveler - 20
Northern Pintail - 2
Green-winged Teal - 20
Ring-necked Duck - 50
Lesser Scaup - 5
Hooded Merganser - 2
Pied-billed Grebe - 6
Horned Grebe - 1
Great Blue Heron - 4
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 80
Killdeer - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 4
Mourning Dove - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Tree Swallow - 100
Barn Swallow - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 7
American Robin - 30
European Starling - 3
American Tree Sparrow - 4
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 30
Swamp Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 50
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 1This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Ed Powers, Allen County
Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen Co. . . . . Bird -- List . . . . . Sunday, March 21, 2010
Canada Goose 3
Gadwall 15
Mallard 1
Redhead 3
Ring-necked Duck 30
Lesser Scaup 400
Bufflehead 35
Red-breasted Merganser 30
Horned Grebe 15
Am. Coot 10
Ring-billed Gull 3
Jim Haw
Fall Field Trips - 2009
Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen Co . . . .Bird -- List. . Sun, Nov. 8, 09
Canada Goose
Gadwall 1
Mallard
N. Shoveler 5
Lesser Scaup 8
Bufflehead 1
Ruddy Duck 10
Horned Grebe 3
Bald Eagle 1 adult
Am. Coot 9
Killdeer 20
Bonaparte's Gull 9
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull 1
Snow Bunting 10, first of season - - - >
- - Jim Haw, Ft. Wayne
Lake Michigan Lakefront, IN . . Bird - - List - - - Sat, November 7, '09
From Jim HawAnd here we thought that November on Lake Michigan was cold and you saw winter birds.
Eleven Stockbridge Audubon birders encountered most unusual conditions on the lakefront: sunny, high in the low 70s, strong SW wind. We started at Miller Beach and worked east to Michigan City, finding two excellent species, Black Scoter and Yellow Warbler. Beyond that, it was a very slow birding day.
The YELLOW WARBLER was first spotted by Steve Sarratore at the Indiana Dunes State Park nature center feeder area. All of us, plus Brad Bumgardner and Holly Meyers, got good looks as it flitted and fed in the bushes and trees nearby and bathed in the water pool. Holly obtained photos. Brad immediately checked and found that this is the latest fall record for the state by two weeks.
Our list (as far as I am aware or can recall; persons in other cars may have seen species of which I am unaware):Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
N. Pintail 2 Miller Beach
Redhead 2 Miller Beach
scaup sp. 20
Black Scoter 24 Beverly Shores
Turkey US 30, Marshall Co.
Common Loon 2
Grebe: Pied-billed, Horned
Double-cr. Cormorant
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Coot
Sandhill Crane
Gull: Ring-billed, Herring, Great Black-backed 1 (flyby, Miller Beach)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Woodpecker: Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatch: Red-breasted 1 (West Beach pinery), White-breasted
Am. Robin
Eur. Starling
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting 30 or so, Miller Beach; 10 West Beach
N. Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch 3 IDSP feeders
Am. Goldfinch
House Sparrow
- - Jim Haw
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio . . Bird - - List - - - Sat, October 31, '09
From Jim Haw
Seven Stockbridge members blew (literally) over to Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge on a very windy Saturday. We recorded 53 species, well below average for Ottawa this time of year but understandable under the weather conditions. There were low numbers and variety of waterfowl; they are running quite late this year. Highlights were a distant and very uncooperative HUDSONIAN GODWIT which kept moving around so that most of the group did not see it, and a late Common Yellowthroat.
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan (introduced)
Ducks: Gadwall, Am. Wigeon, Am. Black Duck, Mallard, N. Pintail, Green-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Bald Eagle
Hawks: Rough-legged, Red-tailed, Am. Kestrel
Killdeer
Hudsonian Godwit - - - - >
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Gulls: Bonaparte's, Ring-billed, Herring
Forster's Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Woodpeckers: Red-bellied, Downy, N. Flicker
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Am. Robin
Eur. Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Sparrows: Field, Song, Swamp, White-throated, White-crowned
Dark-eyed Junco
N. Cardinal
Blackbirds: Red-winged, Rusty, Brown-headed Cowbird
Am. Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Hurshtown Reservoir - - Bird List - - - Sun, October 25, '09
From: Jim Haw
Fifteen people turned out on a beautiful, warm Sunday afternoon for Stockbridge AudubonSociety's field trip to Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen County. We were rewarded with small numbers of some of the expected migrant water birds; water bird migration is still running late, as has been the case in recent years. Our list (not counting a few common land birds):
Canada Goose
Gadwall 3
Am. Wigeon 1
Mallard
N. Shoveler 3
Ruddy Duck 18
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Horned Grebe 7
Am. Coot 100
Killdeer 3
Bonaparte's Gull 8
Ring-billed Gull
- - Jim Haw
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center - Noble County - - Bird List - - - Sat, October 17, '09
From: Jim Haw
Saturday's Stockbridge Audubon Society field trip brought eight birders to Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, Noble County. It was a cold day, cloudy in the morning, partly sunny and breezy in the afternoon. We recorded 47 species, 44 at Merry Lea and 3 more along the road. Highlight was 15 CACKLING GEESE flying with Canadas. Shortly after the flock went by, guns went off just outside the Merry Lea property on this opening day of waterfowl season in the north zone. Whether or not any geese were hit we do not know.
The list:
CACKLING GOOSE 15
Canada Goose
Wood Duck 6
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Kestrel 1 along road, Noble Co.
Ring-billed Gull Ft. Wayne
Rock Pigeon along road, Allen Co.
Mourning Dove
Woodpecker: Red-headed 3, Red-bellied, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Downy,
N. Flicker
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 1
Golden-cr. Kinglet 5
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 2
E. Bluebird
Hermit Thrush 4
Am. Robin
Eur. Starling
Cedar Waxwing 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
E. Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 12
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow 35
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Purple Finch 2
Am. Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Jim Haw
Fox Island - Fort Wayne - - Bird List - - - Sat, October 3, '09
From: Jim Haw
Eight birders turned out for Stockbridge Audubon Society's half-day field trip to Fox Island County Park, Allen Co. this cold, cloudy, windy Saturday morning. I wasn't expecting much under the adverse weather conditions, and for most of the morning, not much is exactly what we found. But in late morning, those of us who were able (and stubborn enough) to stay ran into two flocks of passerines, a small one at the far west end and a larger one in the mature woods south of the dune and west of the main entrance trail. Although we did not identify all the birds in the latter flock, it did contain a beautiful YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. This bird is the first October record for northeast Indiana. The previous latest fall date was Sept. 25, also at Fox Is., where the species nests. That was the big surprise of the day; total, 49 species in Fox Is., and a creditable 10 warblers.
Canada Goose 10
Wood Duck 12
Great Blue Heron 2
GREEN HERON 1 rather late
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Chimney Swift 2
Woodpeckers:
. . Red-bellied,
. . Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1,
. . Downy,
. . Hairy, N.
. . Flicker 8,
. . Pileated 1
E. Wood Pewee 3
PHILADELPHIA VIREO 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper 3
Carolina Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
Am. Robin 120
Gray Catbird 5
Eur. Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Warblers:
. . Tennessee 1
. . N. PARULA 1
. . Black-throated Blue 1
. . Yellow-rumped 2
. . Black-throated Green 3
. . YELLOW-THROATED 1 - - - by Robert Cassady - a lifer for him with three others. . . Congrats.
. . Bay-breasted 1
. . Black and White 1
. . Am. Redstart 3
. . Common Yellowthroat 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Sparrow: Field 10, Song 5, Swamp 3, White-throated 10, White-crowned 1
N. Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Am. Goldfinch
- - - Jim Haw
Franke Park - Fort Wayne - - Bird List - - - Sat, Sept. 26, '09
From: Jim HawTen birders participated in Stockbridge Audubon Society's half-day field trip to Franke Park this morning. We faced dark, cloudy conditions early, some clearing by noon. It was easily the best songbird migration day of the fall so far. We totaled 59 species overall, 15 species of warblers--and very good numbers for the first time all fall (except for Jerry's day at Franke yesterday). After the field trip broke up, Sandy Schacht and I stayed into the afternoon and added four more species (Turkey Vulture overhead, Philadelphia Vireo, Winter Wren, and Am. Goldfinch along the creek in the NW corner of the park) to bring the total in Franke today to 63.
There were so many warblers, moving so rapidly, that it was impossible to record exact numbers. Numbers below are best-guess figures.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck 5
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO 1
Chimney Swift
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 1
Woodpecker: Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy, N. Flicker 9
E. Wood Pewee 4
E. Phoebe 6
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 125
Am. Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-br. Nuthatch
Brown Creeper 2
House Wren 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
E. Bluebird 1
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH 4 (high number)
Swainson's Thrush 14
Wood Thrush 2
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher 2
Eur. Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Warbler:
Tennessee 1 (Jerry when he was separated from us)
Orange-crowned 1 (Jerry)
Nashville 12
Northern Parula 5 (high number)
Chestnut-sided 7
Magnolia 15
Black-throated Blue 5 (all but one ad. males)
Yellow-rumped 1
Black-throated Green 27
Blackburnian 2
Bay-breasted 3
Black and White 6
Am. Redstart 7
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Scarlet Tanager 3
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
N. Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 12
Am. Goldfinch
Jim Haw
Salamonie Resevoir - - Bird List - - - Sat, Sept. 19, '09
From: Jim Haw
Seven birders turned out for Stockbridge Audubon Society's field trip to
Salamonie Reservoir. We found 57 species, including five warbler
species. Migrants were extremely scarce. Highlights were good weather and
good company. The list:Canada Goose
Wood Duck 20
Mallard 1
Blue-winged Teal 1
Turkey 4
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Heron: Great Blue, Green 2
Turkey Vulture
Osprey 1 (W&W Gravel Pit on way home)
Bald Eagle 3 imm.
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Kestrel 1
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Woodpecker: Red-headed 1, Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy, N. Flicker, Pileated 1
E. Wood Pewee 3
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow 3
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-br. Nuthatch
Carolina and House Wrens
E. Bluebird
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Eur. Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Warbler: Black-thr. Green 3, Blackburnian 1, Bay-breasted 3, Com.
Yellowthroat 3, Hooded 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
E. Towhee
Field and Song Sparrows
N. Cardinal
Rose-br. Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 1
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
House Sparrow
- - Jim Haw
Chain O' Lakes State Park - - Bird List - - - Sat, Sept. 12, '09
From: Jim Haw
Seven Stockbridge Audubon birders found Chain O' Lakes State Park, Noble Co., very quiet birdwise but very active for mosquitoes on Saturday. We recorded 53 species for the day, 48 of them actually in the park, including nine species of warblers. And most of the warblers were moving at warp speed again, as has been the case all fall. But, although birding was not too good, we did find several good birds, notably a Broad-winged Hawk flight and a flyover Purple Finch
- The total for the park only:
Canada Goose
Turkey 12
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk 5 (one perched early a.m., kettle of 4 high overhead early p.m.)
Killdeer 6
Mourning Dove
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Woodpecker: Red-bellied, Downy, N. Flicker, Pileated 2
E. Wood Pewee 8
Acadian Flycatcher 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Vireo: Yellow-throated 8 (good total), Warbling 1, Red-eyed 2
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-br. Nuthatch
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 2
Wood Thrush 1
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird 9
Cedar Waxwing
Warbler:
. . Northern Parula 1 (singing!)
. . Chestnut-sided 1
. . Magnolia 2
. . Black-throated Green 2
. . Blackburnian 2
. . Bay-breasted 5
. . Black and White 1
. . Am. Redstart 2
. . Hooded 3
Scarlet Tanager 2
N. Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Purple Finch 1
Am. Goldfinch
- - Jim Haw
Fox Island - - Bird List - - - Sat, Sept. 5, '09
From: Jim Haw
There was one rather nice flock of migrants in the old gun club area early in the morning, but they were moving through the trees at warp speed and many birds were seen by only one or a few people. We found only one individual migrant in the rest of the park. Total for the group was 48 species, nine warblers:Wood Duck 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 8
Woodpecker: Red-bellied 3, Downy 7, Hairy 2, Pileated 1
E. Wood Pewee 6
E. Phoebe 1
Vireo: White-eyed 2, Warbling 7, PHILADELPHIA 1, Red-eyed 2
Blue Jay 5
Am. Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-br. Nuthatch 8
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
Am. Robin 100
Gray Catbird 20
Brown Thrasher 4
Eur. Starling 52
Cedar Waxwing 20
Warbler:
.. Tennessee 2
.. Nashville 1
.. Chestnut-sided 1
.. Magnolia 1
.. Am. Redstart 1
.. Common Yellowthroat 2
.. Wilson's 1
.. Canada 2
.. Yellow-breasted Chat 1
E. Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 8
N. Cardinal 17
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 29
House Finch 1
Am. Goldfinch 21
House Sparrow 5
- - Jim Haw
Kankakee Sands, Willow Slough - - Bird List - - - Sun, May 31, '09
From: Jim Haw
Thirteen birders participated in Stockbridge Audubon Society's field trip to Newton County on Saturday, May 30. Making the three-hour drive from the our meeting place on the west side of Ft. Wayne, we arrived at Kankakee Sands around 9:30 and birded that area and Willow Slough until almost 4 p.m.
We concentrated on grassland and marsh birds, as usual, and the group recorded all of the area specialties that we tried for except Upland Sandpiper and Sedge Wren. Blue Grosbeaks were particularly good to us; we got great looks at two of the three males that we found. However, only a few saw/heard the one N. Bobwhite and the one Least Bittern, and some missed our only Bell's Vireo, which was not in a very cooperative mood.
The day's list totalled a below-normal 81 species. We did not have time to get into the best woodland at Willow Slough, but the woods we did pass through seemed exceptionally quiet. There were no late migrant songbirds, and only a limited number of nesting woodland birds were singing. We found only three species of warblers (Yellow, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-br. Chat), and missed such species as Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and White-br. Nuthatch. It was nevertheless a good day for the birds we went for. Among our finds:N. Bobwhite 1
Least Bittern 1
Sora 1
Common Moorhen 2
Am. Coot 3
Semiplamated Sandpiper 4 at Parr, Jasper Co.
Bell's Vireo 1
Marsh Wren 5 or so
N. Mockingbird 1
Lark Sparrow 2
Grasshopper Sparrow many
Henslow's Sparrow 6+
Blue Grosbeak 4 (one pair plus 2 more males)
Dickcissel ubiquitous, as usual
Western Meadowlark 1
Orchard Oriole 3
- - Jim Haw
Fox Island - - BELL'S VIREO Bird List - - - Sat, May 23, '09
From: Jim Haw
Ten Stockbridge Audubon Society birders (and rather more mosquitoes) enjoyed a warm, partly sunny morning at Fox Island County Park near Fort Wayne. We recorded 82 species, 13 warblers, including only a trickle of migrants. However, the BELL'S VIREO has returned to its territory in the old field west of the park entrance, along the east-west path through the middle of the field and a bit closer to the east than the west end. It gave us a very nice look. Equally notable was a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON flushed from the north side of Bowman Lake, the eighth record of this species for Fox Island and the first in May (five previous records were in April, two in August and September). Highlights:
Green Heron 5
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Barred Owl 1 hooted while we were lunching
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 11
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Flycatcher: E. Wood Pewee 11, Acadian 10, ALDER 1, Willow 5, Least 1, E. Phoebe 2, Great Crested 7
Vireo: White-eyed 2, BELL'S 1, Yellow-throated 4, Warbling 11, Red-eyed 19
Brown Creeper 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 7
Warbler:
. . Tennessee 2
. . N. Parula 1
. . Yellow 18
. . Magnolia 2
. . Yellow-throated 1
. . Blackpoll 3
. . Am. Redstart 8
. . Prothonotary 1
. . Mourning 2
. . Wilson's 2
. . Canada 1
. . Yellow-breasted Chat 1
. . Common Yellowthroat 1
Scarlet Tanager 4
SWAMP SPARROW 1, singing from detached park tract on Ellison Rd.; does not normally nest at Fox Is.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 26
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 9
A Gray-cheeked Thrush sang briefly in Jim Haw's neighbor's yard this afternoon.
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area (formerly Crane Creek State Park), Ohio Bird List - - - Sat, May 16, '09
From: Jim Haw
Highlights on the bird trail;
Flycachers: E. Wood Pewee, Yellow-bellied, Least, E. Kingbird
Vireos: White-eyed, Blue-headed, Warbling, Philadelphia, Red-eyed
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Thrushes: Veery, Gray-cheeked, Swainson's Wood
Warblers: Tennessee, Nashville, N. Parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Cerulean, Black and White, Am. Redstart, Prothonotary, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Mourning, Common Yellowthroat,Wilson's, Canada
Scarlet Tanager
Sparrows: Lincoln's, White-throated, White-crowned
Baltimore OrioleLink to Magee March Wildlife Area
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Exciting day on the field trip yesterday! How great to be outside and enjoy warblers and wildflowers, plus the bonus of the Black-Necked Stilts! - - C.P.
Noble County : Black-Necked Stilts Bird List - - - Sat, May 2, '09
From: Jim Haw - - - To: IN-BIRD-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Highlights in Chain O' Lakes were a very early female Blackpoll Warbler and two Henslow's Sparrows. The Henslow's were singing in the grassy field in the SW corner of the beginning of the park road loop east of the entrance booth. Other highlights, all at Chain O' Lakes unless otherwise noted:Broad-winged Hawk 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1, Stilt spot
Chimney Swift, 6 over Albion, 8 over Churubusco
Least Flycatcher 2
E. Phoebe 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
E. Kingbird 2
Vireo: White-eyed 1, Yellow-throated 12, Warbling 13
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 3
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 22
Veery 1
Swainson's Thrush 9
Warblers:
. . . Blue-winged 5
. . . Tennessee 1
. . . Nashville 4
. . . NORTHERN PARULA 11, very high count
. . . Yellow 57
. . . Chestnut-sided 1
. . . Yellow-rumped 43
. . . Black-throated Green 1
. . . Yellow-throated 2
.. .. Palm 11
. . . BLACKPOLL 1, female!
. . . Cerulean 2
.. . .Black and White 1
. . . Am. Redstart 2
. ... Prothonotary 5
. ... Northern Waterthrush 9
. ... Louisiana Waterthrush 1
. ... Common Yellowthroat 3
. ... Hooded 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
Henslow's Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 6
Rose-breasted GRosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Baltimore Oriole 6
- - Jim Haw
Salamonie: CINNAMON TEAL Remains on Bird List - - - Sat, Apr 25, '09
From: Jim Haw - - - To: IN-BIRD-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Eighteen birders participated in Stockbridge Audubon Society's field trip to Salamonie Reservoir and Salamonie River State Forest on a hot, very windy Saturday. I broke off from the group for the morning in the State Forest to lead a bird hike for the Salamonie Birding Extravaganza, then rejoined the Stockbridge field trip for the afternoon. We registered a combined 82 species.
Highlight was the continuing CINNAMON TEAL in its usual pond for the fourteenth big day. Otherwise, numbers of migrants were small and arrivals were spotty. Some species are now showing up on time; others are still not present although they should have arrived ten days ago or so (e.g., Northern Parula). The complete list:Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged and CINNAMON Teal
Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Hawk: Turkey Vulture, N. Harrier 1, Sharp-shinned 1, Broad-winged 1, Am. Kestrel (no Red-tailed!)
Sora 5, Am. Coot 5, Killdeer, Wilson's Snipe 1
Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl 1, Barred Owl 2
Chimney Swift 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Woodpecker: Red-headed 2, Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy, N. Flicker, Pileated
E. Phoebe
Vireo: White-eyed 1, Yellow-throated 1, Red-eyed 1
Blue Jay, Am. Crow, Horned Lark
Swallow: Tree, N. Rough-winged, Cliff, Barn
Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse
Red-br. Nuthatch 2, White-br. Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Ruby-cr. Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Thrush: E. Bluebird, Gray-cheeked, Swainson's, Hermit, Am. Robin
Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Eur. Starling
Warbler: Yellow 7, Yellow-rumped, Black-thr. Green, Yellow-throated, Pine, Palm, Louisiana Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat 1, Hooded 2
E. Towhee
Sparrow: Chipping, Field, Vesper, Song, Swamp, White-throated, White-crowned
N. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird, E. Meadowlark, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch, Pine Siskin 6, Am. Goldfinch, House Sparrow
- - Jim Haw
Hurshtown Reservoir Bird List - - - Sun, Apr 19, 2009
From: Jim Haw - - - To: IN-BIRD-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Stockbridge Audubon Society's field trip to Hurshtown Reservoir, Allen Co., this afternoon attracted eleven birders. It was getting steadily colder and windier as the trip went on, but at least we beat the rain. Birding was pretty good:
Canada Goose 1
Lesser Scaup 30
Bufflehead 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 100
Common Loon 5
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Horned Grebe 6
Double-crested Cormorant 3, flyovers
Bald Eagle 3 (2a, 1i)
Am. Coot 8
Killdeer 1
SPOTTED SANDPIPER 6 FOS *
Ring-billed Gull
FORSTER'S TERN 2 fly-bys; FOS
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow- - Jim Haw
Quabache State Park Bird List - - - Sat, Apr 18, 2009
From: Jim Haw - - - To: IN-BIRD-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Thirteen birders joined Stockbridge Audubon Society's field trip to Ouabache State Park on a warm, sunny Saturday. We didn't see anything remarkable, but got a couple of firsts for the year and enjoyed a nice day.
Since few reports from Wells County are posted, I'm listing all species seen in Wells County on the field trip:
Canada Goose
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1 migrating high overhead
accipiter sp. 2 high overhead
BROAD-WINGED HAWK 3 FOS
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
N. Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker 2
E. Phoebe 1
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Tree Swallow 1
N. Rough-winged Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-cr. Kinglet 10+
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 4
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER 3
E. Bluebird 2 at nest box
Hermit Thrush 6
Am. Robin
Brown Thrasher 2
Eur. Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
E. Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch 8
Am. Goldfinch
House Sparrow
- - Jim Haw
Fox Island Bird List - - - Sat, Apr 4, 2009
From: Jim Haw - - - To: IN-BIRD-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Canada Goose 9
Wood Duck 13
Gadwall 1
Mallard 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Cooper's Hawk 1 adding touches to a nest
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Am. Coot 1
Mourning Dove 4
Great Horned Owl 1 fledgling
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 19 second highest count for Fox Is.
Downy Woodpecker 17
Hairy Woodpecker 3
N. Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Phoebe 10 highest count for Fox Is.
blue Jay 5
Am. Crow 2
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 8
Brown Creeper 4
Winter Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 14
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 FOS
E. Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 2
Am. Robin 33
Brown Thrasher 1
Eur. Starling 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 15 ties highest count for Fox Is.
Am. Tree Sparrow 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 6
Fox Sparrow 17 fourth highest count for Fox Is.
Song Sparrow 16
White-throated Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 13
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 28
Am. Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 6
- - Jim Haw
Lake Michigan, Kankakee FWA Bird List - - - Sat, Mar 28, 2009
From: Jim Haw - - To: IN-BIRD-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Eleven birders participated in Stockbridge Audubon Society's windswept field trip to Lake Michigan today. We started at Michigan City harbor and birded west along Beverley Shores to Port of Indiana and Ogden Dunes. There was not much action along the lakefront, other than large numbers of Red-breasted Mergansers. Our highlights were two White-winged Scoters, one Great Black-backed Gull, and one Caspian Tern at Michigan City; about 8 Rusty Blackbirds on Beverley Drive; one Caspian Tern at Port of Indiana. We looked for the Spotted Towhee without success.
The lakefront being rather unproductive and rather cold and windy, we headed for Kankakee FWA after lunch. There was stilla very good variety and number of the expected duck species (we ended up with 20 species of ducks for the day), but no geese other than Canadas. One Lesser Yellowlegs and about 7 Pectoral Sandpipers along hwy. 39 south of 8, plus a Vesper Sparrow on 500W, Laporte Co. rounded out the highlights there.
- - Jim Haw
The List of This Season's Field Trips . . . 2008 Spring Field Trip Sightings
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