Kankakee FWA
March 11, 2017
A field trip to Kankakee FWA in Starke and LaPorte Counties on 3/11/17 opened Stockbridge Audubon’s spring field trip season. On a cold, blustery day, seven birders found 44 species. Numbers are approximate, based on memory the day after.
Greater White-fronted Goose 50
Canada Goose
Mute Swan 1
Tundra Swan 50
Wood Duck
Gadwall 10
American Wigeon 6
Mallard many
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 100
Northern Pintail 150
Green-winged Teal 8
Ring-neck Duck 50
Bufflehead 1
Hooded Merganser 1
Wild Turkey a small flock on the way
Great Blue Heron 5
Turkey Vulture 8
Bald Eagle 2 (1 ad, 1 imm)
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 50
Sandhill Crane 100
Killdeer 20
Ring-billed Gull 50
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel 4
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 20
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
American Robin
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird many
Rusty Blackbird 200
Common Grackle 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 – probably more not noticed
House Sparrow
Dave Reichlinger and Sandy Schacht
March 11, 2017
A field trip to Kankakee FWA in Starke and LaPorte Counties on 3/11/17 opened Stockbridge Audubon’s spring field trip season. On a cold, blustery day, seven birders found 44 species. Numbers are approximate, based on memory the day after.
Greater White-fronted Goose 50
Canada Goose
Mute Swan 1
Tundra Swan 50
Wood Duck
Gadwall 10
American Wigeon 6
Mallard many
Blue-winged Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 100
Northern Pintail 150
Green-winged Teal 8
Ring-neck Duck 50
Bufflehead 1
Hooded Merganser 1
Wild Turkey a small flock on the way
Great Blue Heron 5
Turkey Vulture 8
Bald Eagle 2 (1 ad, 1 imm)
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 50
Sandhill Crane 100
Killdeer 20
Ring-billed Gull 50
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel 4
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 20
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
American Robin
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird many
Rusty Blackbird 200
Common Grackle 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 – probably more not noticed
House Sparrow
Dave Reichlinger and Sandy Schacht