May 28, 2016 Willow Slough, Kankakee Sands
The Stockbridge Audubon field trip to Kankakee Sands and Willow Slough drew 18 birders, led by Steve Sarratore and Ed Powers. It was warm, cloudy, and windy, but the rain held off. We were rewarded by 78 species, including these we saw along the way:
Mute Swan
Rock Pigeon
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
American Kestrel
Willow Slough/TNC Kankakee Sands, Newton, Indiana, US
May 28, 2016 9:35 AM - 3:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling
35.0 mile(s)
Comments: 75-85 F, mostly cloudy, strong wind
73 species
Canada Goose 55
Mallard 6
Northern Bobwhite 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Wild Turkey 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 25
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 (in Parr)
Mourning Dove 10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 10
Willow Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
Bell's Vireo 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 12
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Horned Lark 2
Purple Martin 20
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 12
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 1
Common Yellowthroat 16
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 5
Grasshopper Sparrow 15
Henslow's Sparrow 15
Chipping Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 7
Lark Sparrow 4 Well seen by all. This is the hot-spot in the state for Lark Sparrows
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 10
Dickcissel 100 Dickcissels are always abundant here in season
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Eastern Meadowlark 12
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 6
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 1
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Mute Swan
Rock Pigeon
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
American Kestrel
Willow Slough/TNC Kankakee Sands, Newton, Indiana, US
May 28, 2016 9:35 AM - 3:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling
35.0 mile(s)
Comments: 75-85 F, mostly cloudy, strong wind
73 species
Canada Goose 55
Mallard 6
Northern Bobwhite 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Wild Turkey 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 25
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 (in Parr)
Mourning Dove 10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 10
Willow Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
Bell's Vireo 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 12
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Horned Lark 2
Purple Martin 20
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 12
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 1
Common Yellowthroat 16
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 5
Grasshopper Sparrow 15
Henslow's Sparrow 15
Chipping Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 7
Lark Sparrow 4 Well seen by all. This is the hot-spot in the state for Lark Sparrows
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 10
Dickcissel 100 Dickcissels are always abundant here in season
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Eastern Meadowlark 12
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 6
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29961492
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
