Fox Island - Allen County Park . . . .Bird -- List. . Sat, Oct. 02, 2010
Twenty-four people turned out for the Stockbridge Audubon Society/Little River Wetland Project field trip to Eagle Marsh on a very warm, sunny Saturday. We recorded a fine total of 59 species:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall 1 FOS
Am. Wigeon 3
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal 4
N. Shoveler
Green-winged Teal 12
Redhead 2
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret 14
Green Heron 1 late
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Kestrel
Common Moorhen 2
Am. Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 2
Ring-billed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
N. Flicker
E. Wood Pewee 2
E. Phoebe 1
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Horned Lark 3
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Golden-cr. Kinglet 1
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 1
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird 1
Eur. Starling
Am. Pipit 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 2
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
N. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
-- Jim Haw
Fox Island - Allen County Park . . . .Bird -- List. . Sat, Oct. 02, 2010
Ten birders assembled at 8 a.m. in a steady, cold rain for Stockbridge Audubon Society's field trip to Fox Island County Park, Allen Co. We found very few birds while the rain continued; most of the group sensibly went home. After the rain ended around 9:15, the four of us who were still there found a reasonable number of birds and ended the morning with 47 species:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck 1
Mallard
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 7
Mourning Dove 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker 2
N. Flicker 5
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 1
Golden-cr. Kinglet 3
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird 10
Eur. Starling
Cedar Waxwing 1
Tennessee Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
E. Towhee 10
Field Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow 20
White-crowned Sparrow 3
N. Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch 2
Am. Goldfinch
- - Jim Haw
Salamonie Res. & State Forest . . . .Bird -- List. . Sat, Sept. 25, 2010
Friday night's big cold front did not produce a migratory wave at Salamonie. Eight Stockbridge Audubon Society field trip participants logged 61 species with only small numbers of passerine migrants:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-cr. Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 2 imm.
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Kestrel
Sora 2
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull 300
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift 2
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpecker: Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy, N. Flicker, Pileated
E. Wood Pewee 3
E. Phoebe 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-br. Nuthatch
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-cr. Kinglet 2
E. Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush 2
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird 3
Eur. Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Warbler:
Tennessee 2
Nashville 1
Chestnut-sided 2
Magnolia 1
Yellow-rumped 4
Black-throated Green 5
Black and White 1
Am. Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Hooded 1
E. Towhee 1
Sparrow: Chipping, Song, Swamp
N. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
- - - Jim Haw
Chain O' Lakes . . . .Bird -- List. . Sat, Sept. 18, 2010
Eight members of Stockbridge Audubon Society went to Chain O' Lakes on this cloudy, mild Saturday. Unfortunately, we had one of the poorest birding days I can ever remember in September: only 36 species in the park plus two more (Rock Pigeon and Mourning Dove) along the road on the way, and only four species of warblers. Best birds were a notably early Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and a notably late Acadian Flycatcher, both heard only. The totals from Chain O' Lakes:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 22
Killdeer 2
cuckoo sp. 1 (seen briefly at a distance)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 3
N. Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
E. Wood Pewee 5
Acadian Flycatcher 1
E. Phoebe 5
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 7
Am. Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Tufted Titmouse 9
White-br. Nuthatch 8
House Wren 2
E. Bluebird 1
Swainson's Thrush 6
Am. Robin 6
Gray Catbird 8
Eur. Starling 37
Northern Parula 1
Black-thr. Green Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler 1
E. Towhee 1
N. Cardinal 18
Am. Goldfinch 3
- - - Jim Haw
Franke Park , Allen Co . . . .Bird -- List. . Sat, Sept. 11, 2010
Six birders gathered for a Stockbridge Audubon field trip to Franke Park, Ft Wayne, led by Gary Tieben and me. We encountered Jerry Brown and Phil Wixom, and joined with them. Our morning started cool and cloudy, and ended in light rain. Our 34 species included 13 warblers, the best so far this season for NE Indiana, as far as I know.
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Ring-billed Gull 50
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Blue Jay 4
Barn Swallow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 38
Gray Catbird 3
Tennessee Warbler 4
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 2
Northern Parula 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 9
Magnolia Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 7
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 11
Northern Cardinal 2
American Goldfinch 2- - Ed Powers - Allen County
Fox Island, Allen Co . . . .Bird -- List. . Sat, Sept. 04, 2010
Stockbridge Audubon Society's first fall field trip drew thirteen people to Fox Island on a cool, very windy Saturday morning. The hoped-for migratory wave failed to materialize. We recorded 60 species, but only 8 warbler species. Best birds of the morning were OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.
Canada Goose 7
Wood Duck 20
Mallard 16
Blue-winged Teal 6
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 13
Turkey Vulture 2
Hawk: Cooper's 1, Red-tailed 1
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 7
Chimney Swift 3
Rub-thr. Hummingbird 7
Belted Kingfisher 2
Woodpecker: Red-bellied 4, Downy 9, Hairy 3, N. Flicker 2
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 1
E. Wood Pewee 4
Acadian Flycatcher 1
E. Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Vireo: White-eyed 4, Warbling 6, Red-eyed 1
Blue Jay 4
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-br. Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 1
Wren: Carolina 1, House 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH 1
Am. Robin 60
Gray Catbird 16
Brown Thrasher 1
Eur. Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 27
Warbler:
. . Tennessee 7
. . Nashville 5
. . Magnolia 1
. . Blackburnian 1
. . Bay-breasted 1
. . Blackpoll 2
. . Am. Redstart 3
. . Common Yellowthroat 1
E. Towhee 2
Sparrow: Field 4, Song 1
N. Cardinal 26
Rose-br. Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 3
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 1000
Baltimore Oriole 6
Am. Goldfinch 24
. . - - Jim Haw
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
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
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