Foster Park
May 26, 2018
The Stockbridge Audubon Society undertook their "Stockbridge Challenge" today at Foster Park. 100 years ago, Foster Park was still being planned, and club namesake Charles Stockbridge was a strong advocate to the City of Fort Wayne to have the park contain natural spaces suitable for wildlife habitat. He birded the park to see how many species were present to support his claim that it was an ecologically important part of the city, arriving at 44 species. 100 years later we set out to see if we could meet his tally, and we ended the morning with 48 species.
Canada Goose - 50 (estimate)
Wood Duck - 19 (including 14 babies)
Mallard - 4
Great Blue Heron - 3
Turkey Vulture - 1 (a distant bird that put us over Mr. Stockbridge's record)
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
Barred Owl - 1
Chimney Swift - 3 (an undercount)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 8 (including one on nest)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4
Acadian Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Phoebe - 4
Great Crested Flycatcher - 5
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Warbling Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 9
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
House Wren - 2
Carolina Wren - 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6
Swainson's Thrush - 1
American Robin - 13 (a definite undercount)
Gray Catbird - 16
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 8
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Parula - 6
Yellow-throated Warbler - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 13
Indigo Bunting - 4
Baltimore Oriole - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 9
House Sparrow - 1
Full checklist with photos: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46051960
Greg M.
Fort Wayne
May 26, 2018
The Stockbridge Audubon Society undertook their "Stockbridge Challenge" today at Foster Park. 100 years ago, Foster Park was still being planned, and club namesake Charles Stockbridge was a strong advocate to the City of Fort Wayne to have the park contain natural spaces suitable for wildlife habitat. He birded the park to see how many species were present to support his claim that it was an ecologically important part of the city, arriving at 44 species. 100 years later we set out to see if we could meet his tally, and we ended the morning with 48 species.
Canada Goose - 50 (estimate)
Wood Duck - 19 (including 14 babies)
Mallard - 4
Great Blue Heron - 3
Turkey Vulture - 1 (a distant bird that put us over Mr. Stockbridge's record)
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
Barred Owl - 1
Chimney Swift - 3 (an undercount)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 8 (including one on nest)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4
Acadian Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Phoebe - 4
Great Crested Flycatcher - 5
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Warbling Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 9
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
House Wren - 2
Carolina Wren - 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6
Swainson's Thrush - 1
American Robin - 13 (a definite undercount)
Gray Catbird - 16
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 8
Ovenbird - 1
Northern Parula - 6
Yellow-throated Warbler - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 13
Indigo Bunting - 4
Baltimore Oriole - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 9
House Sparrow - 1
Full checklist with photos: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46051960
Greg M.
Fort Wayne
