Salamonie Rreservoir
April 2, 2022
We had eight members of Stockbridge Audubon Society on our trip to Salamonie Reservoir yesterday. We've had some really cold and windy field trips so far this spring, and yesterday started out that way as well. But by midday, the sun peeked out and it started to feel more like a nice spring day.
We ended up with a nice trip total of 58 species, including all of the expected species of Woodpeckers, eighteen Bald Eagles, and a TON (literally!) of White Pelicans.
Field trip leaders: Andrew Wolfe and John Winebrenner.
Canada Goose 64
Wood Duck 6
Blue-winged Teal 4
Mallard 2
Green-winged Teal 20
Ring-necked Duck 8
Hooded Merganser 6
Wild Turkey 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 7
Mourning Dove 17
American Coot 1
Sandhill Crane 2
Killdeer 7
Wilson's Snipe 4 Two at Majenica Marsh and two at New Marsh
Ring-billed Gull 4
American White Pelican 140 Mostly in three large groups flying over the Beach. Also seen at Majenica Marsh and Lost Bridge East.
Great Blue Heron 8
Turkey Vulture 24
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 18 Many seemed to be migrating, including eight in sight at one time near the dam.
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 7
American Kestrel 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 9
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 9
Horned Lark 5
Tree Swallow 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
European Starling 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 16
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 2
Purple Finch 1 Nice male at the Nature Center
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 6
American Tree Sparrow 7
Dark-eyed Junco 17
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 10
Eastern Towhee 2
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
Common Grackle 1
Northern Cardinal 12
April 2, 2022
We had eight members of Stockbridge Audubon Society on our trip to Salamonie Reservoir yesterday. We've had some really cold and windy field trips so far this spring, and yesterday started out that way as well. But by midday, the sun peeked out and it started to feel more like a nice spring day.
We ended up with a nice trip total of 58 species, including all of the expected species of Woodpeckers, eighteen Bald Eagles, and a TON (literally!) of White Pelicans.
Field trip leaders: Andrew Wolfe and John Winebrenner.
Canada Goose 64
Wood Duck 6
Blue-winged Teal 4
Mallard 2
Green-winged Teal 20
Ring-necked Duck 8
Hooded Merganser 6
Wild Turkey 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 7
Mourning Dove 17
American Coot 1
Sandhill Crane 2
Killdeer 7
Wilson's Snipe 4 Two at Majenica Marsh and two at New Marsh
Ring-billed Gull 4
American White Pelican 140 Mostly in three large groups flying over the Beach. Also seen at Majenica Marsh and Lost Bridge East.
Great Blue Heron 8
Turkey Vulture 24
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 18 Many seemed to be migrating, including eight in sight at one time near the dam.
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 7
American Kestrel 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 9
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 9
Horned Lark 5
Tree Swallow 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
European Starling 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 16
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 2
Purple Finch 1 Nice male at the Nature Center
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 6
American Tree Sparrow 7
Dark-eyed Junco 17
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 10
Eastern Towhee 2
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
Common Grackle 1
Northern Cardinal 12
