May 25, 2013 Kankakee Sands and Willow Slough FWA
On a rather chilly, overcast day 12 birders from Stockbridge Audubon Society made its annual pilgramage to Newton County, looking for its western specialties. We found most, missing Upland Sandpiper and Western Meadowlark. In addition to the birds listed below, on the way from Fort Wayne we saw Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, American Kestrel, and Northern Mockingbird. Easily the bird of the day was a LECONTE'S SPARROW at the marshy east end of the lake in Willow Slough. It was seen well by several of our party.
Willow Slough/TNC Kankakee Sands, Newton, US-IN
May 25, 2013 9:30 AM - 4:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling 50.0 mile(s) 79 species
Canada Goose 45
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Sora 1
Common Gallinule 3
American Coot 1
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 This one in Enos; 3 more in Parr on the way
Mourning Dove X
Common Nighthawk 1 Roosting on a branch.
Chimney Swift 5
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Willow Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Eastern Kingbird 14
White-eyed Vireo 1
Bell's Vireo 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 5
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Horned Lark 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 5
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 3
Cliff Swallow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Marsh Wren 15
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling X
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 16
Hooded Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 8
Lark Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Grasshopper Sparrow 3
Henslow's Sparrow 3
Le Conte's Sparrow 1 Gray cheek bordered in orange. Broad, pale streaks on
back. No gray on nape. Buffy flanks streaked in black.
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
Dickcissel 100 maybe more
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark 25
Common Grackle 10
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 5
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 11
House Sparrow 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14242665
- - Ed Powers, Allen County
On a rather chilly, overcast day 12 birders from Stockbridge Audubon Society made its annual pilgramage to Newton County, looking for its western specialties. We found most, missing Upland Sandpiper and Western Meadowlark. In addition to the birds listed below, on the way from Fort Wayne we saw Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, American Kestrel, and Northern Mockingbird. Easily the bird of the day was a LECONTE'S SPARROW at the marshy east end of the lake in Willow Slough. It was seen well by several of our party.
Willow Slough/TNC Kankakee Sands, Newton, US-IN
May 25, 2013 9:30 AM - 4:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling 50.0 mile(s) 79 species
Canada Goose 45
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Sora 1
Common Gallinule 3
American Coot 1
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 This one in Enos; 3 more in Parr on the way
Mourning Dove X
Common Nighthawk 1 Roosting on a branch.
Chimney Swift 5
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Willow Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Eastern Kingbird 14
White-eyed Vireo 1
Bell's Vireo 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 5
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Horned Lark 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 5
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 3
Cliff Swallow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Marsh Wren 15
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling X
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 16
Hooded Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 5
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 8
Lark Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Grasshopper Sparrow 3
Henslow's Sparrow 3
Le Conte's Sparrow 1 Gray cheek bordered in orange. Broad, pale streaks on
back. No gray on nape. Buffy flanks streaked in black.
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
Dickcissel 100 maybe more
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark 25
Common Grackle 10
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 5
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 11
House Sparrow 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14242665
- - Ed Powers, Allen County
