Chain O' Lakes State Park
April 22, 2017
Twelve adventurous birders from Stockbridge Audubon Society Traveled to Noble County today to bird Chain O' Lakes State Park. We all found it to be pretty darn cool in the morning, with not quite as much leafout as we would have liked. But ... the weather did warm up, and we ended up with a decent list of 51 species for the day. We were hoping for more than our five species of Warblers, but we were treated to almost constant companionship from the Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, and several great looks at the resident Broad-winged Hawks, as they patrolled over their patch of woods.
Also, we added seven new species to our annual field trip list!
Field trip leaders - Eric Helfrich and John Winebrenner
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 1 FOY
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 18
Broad-winged Hawk 2 FOY - Resident pair
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Sandhill Crane 2
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1 FOY - On the beach
Mourning Dove 7
Belted Kingfisher 1 Finster Lakes
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 10
Warbling Vireo 6 FOY
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 8
Tree Swallow 14
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
House Wren 12
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1 near old schoolhouse
American Robin 7
Brown Thrasher 2 Probably tending to a nest
European Starling 1
Prothonotary Warbler 1 FOY - Dock Lake
Northern Parula 2 FOY
Yellow Warbler 16 FOY
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 10
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 6
Eastern Towhee 4
Northern Cardinal 19
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 4
John Winebrenner
Fort Wayne
April 22, 2017
Twelve adventurous birders from Stockbridge Audubon Society Traveled to Noble County today to bird Chain O' Lakes State Park. We all found it to be pretty darn cool in the morning, with not quite as much leafout as we would have liked. But ... the weather did warm up, and we ended up with a decent list of 51 species for the day. We were hoping for more than our five species of Warblers, but we were treated to almost constant companionship from the Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers, and several great looks at the resident Broad-winged Hawks, as they patrolled over their patch of woods.
Also, we added seven new species to our annual field trip list!
Field trip leaders - Eric Helfrich and John Winebrenner
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 1 FOY
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 18
Broad-winged Hawk 2 FOY - Resident pair
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Sandhill Crane 2
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1 FOY - On the beach
Mourning Dove 7
Belted Kingfisher 1 Finster Lakes
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 10
Warbling Vireo 6 FOY
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 8
Tree Swallow 14
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
House Wren 12
Carolina Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1 near old schoolhouse
American Robin 7
Brown Thrasher 2 Probably tending to a nest
European Starling 1
Prothonotary Warbler 1 FOY - Dock Lake
Northern Parula 2 FOY
Yellow Warbler 16 FOY
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 10
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 6
Eastern Towhee 4
Northern Cardinal 19
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 4
John Winebrenner
Fort Wayne
