Franke Park
April 14, 2018
Six birders braved the cold, rainy, windy, morning to get 44 species of birds. Hoping for some of the early warblers, we had to settle for only Yellow-Rumped. We lasted about two hours before throwing in the wet, cold towel.
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee (or Black-capped. Franke Park is smack dab in the hybrid zone)
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren - Great views and singing as well
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Brown Thrasher - singing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Fox Sparrow - singing
Dark-eyed Junco - lots
White-throated Sparrow - singing
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle - saw them on the way out
House Sparrow
Co-leaders
Phil Wixom
Ed Powers
April 14, 2018
Six birders braved the cold, rainy, windy, morning to get 44 species of birds. Hoping for some of the early warblers, we had to settle for only Yellow-Rumped. We lasted about two hours before throwing in the wet, cold towel.
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Chickadee (or Black-capped. Franke Park is smack dab in the hybrid zone)
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren - Great views and singing as well
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Brown Thrasher - singing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Fox Sparrow - singing
Dark-eyed Junco - lots
White-throated Sparrow - singing
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle - saw them on the way out
House Sparrow
Co-leaders
Phil Wixom
Ed Powers
