Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife Area
March 16, 2019
Seven people ventured to the Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife area Saturday with the Stockbridge Audubon chapter. . The weather changed constantly, varying from a fairly serious snowfall to sunny conditions during the day, which generated some beautiful scenery. As usual Sam Plew did a great job of leading us through the extensive byways. Highlights included 4 Bald Eagles, with one on the nest, lots of Sandhill cranes bugling away, two Trumpeter swans calling as they performed a low level fly-by, and a beautiful view of six adult male Hooded Mergansers swimming in a line with several male Buffleheads in the foreground. The 45 species were:
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 7
Trumpeter Swan 2
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 30
Green-winged Teal 2
Ring-necked Duck 30
Lesser Scaup 3
Bufflehead 20
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 15
Wild Turkey 2
Common Loon 1 (Cree Lake, n. of Kendallville)
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Bald Eagle 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Sandhill Crane 20+
Killdeer 4
Mourning Dove 7
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 30
American Crow 10
Horned Lark 6
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 7
American Robin 20
European Starling 30
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 30+
Rusty Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 12
Pine Siskin 2
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 5
Eric Helfrich
March 16, 2019
Seven people ventured to the Pigeon River Fish and Wildlife area Saturday with the Stockbridge Audubon chapter. . The weather changed constantly, varying from a fairly serious snowfall to sunny conditions during the day, which generated some beautiful scenery. As usual Sam Plew did a great job of leading us through the extensive byways. Highlights included 4 Bald Eagles, with one on the nest, lots of Sandhill cranes bugling away, two Trumpeter swans calling as they performed a low level fly-by, and a beautiful view of six adult male Hooded Mergansers swimming in a line with several male Buffleheads in the foreground. The 45 species were:
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 7
Trumpeter Swan 2
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 30
Green-winged Teal 2
Ring-necked Duck 30
Lesser Scaup 3
Bufflehead 20
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 15
Wild Turkey 2
Common Loon 1 (Cree Lake, n. of Kendallville)
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Bald Eagle 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Sandhill Crane 20+
Killdeer 4
Mourning Dove 7
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 30
American Crow 10
Horned Lark 6
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 7
American Robin 20
European Starling 30
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 30+
Rusty Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 12
Pine Siskin 2
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 5
Eric Helfrich
