Pigeon River FWA
March 17, 2018
We had 13 participants for our Saturday, March 17, field trip to Pigeon River FWA. The weather started out with heavy cloud cover, but no rain or sleet at Pigeon River. And the sun came out for us in afternoon. We are especially appreciative of Sam Plew for leading the field trip and taking us to many special spots to find great birds. The best for the day were undoubtedly the Virginia rail, who scampered across the boat launch while we all hoped just for a call from the tall reeds, the three long-eared owls, and the call of a saw-whet owl.
We had a total of 51 species. Thanks to John Winebrenner for his help keeping track of the numbers of birds.
Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 1
Wood Duck 4
Northern Shoveler 1
Gadwall 18
Mallard 35
American Black Duck 1
Green-winged Teal 1
Bufflehead 3
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Turkey Vulture 12
Cooper's Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Virginia Rail 1
Sandhill Crane 8
Killdeer 6
Ring-billed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 10
Snowy Owl 1 Continuing bird
Long-eared Owl 3
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 17
American Crow 25
Horned Lark 10
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 7
American Robin 10
European Starling 35
Lapland Longspur 4
Pine Warbler 1
American Tree Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Common Grackle 6
House Finch 10
Pine Siskin 3
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 25
March 17, 2018
We had 13 participants for our Saturday, March 17, field trip to Pigeon River FWA. The weather started out with heavy cloud cover, but no rain or sleet at Pigeon River. And the sun came out for us in afternoon. We are especially appreciative of Sam Plew for leading the field trip and taking us to many special spots to find great birds. The best for the day were undoubtedly the Virginia rail, who scampered across the boat launch while we all hoped just for a call from the tall reeds, the three long-eared owls, and the call of a saw-whet owl.
We had a total of 51 species. Thanks to John Winebrenner for his help keeping track of the numbers of birds.
Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 1
Wood Duck 4
Northern Shoveler 1
Gadwall 18
Mallard 35
American Black Duck 1
Green-winged Teal 1
Bufflehead 3
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Turkey Vulture 12
Cooper's Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Virginia Rail 1
Sandhill Crane 8
Killdeer 6
Ring-billed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 10
Snowy Owl 1 Continuing bird
Long-eared Owl 3
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 17
American Crow 25
Horned Lark 10
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 7
American Robin 10
European Starling 35
Lapland Longspur 4
Pine Warbler 1
American Tree Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Common Grackle 6
House Finch 10
Pine Siskin 3
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 25
