Tippecanoe River/Jasper/Pulaski
November 12, 2016

    Six members of Stockbridge Audubon Society traveled to Tippecanoe River State Park yesterday, with four of us continuing on to Jasper-Pulaski F.W.A. to watch the annual Sandhill Crane extravaganza. Though it was a cool day, the weather was very nice for mid November. As a wonderful ending to the trip, we had a beautiful sunset in front of us, the sound of thousands of Sandill Cranes, and the "Super Moon" rising up above the woods behind us!       Trip leaders: Sandy Schacht and John Winebrenner


Tippecanoe River S.P.:

Killdeer  3
Mourning Dove  4
Red-headed Woodpecker  7    Five of them in the campground area
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  7
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  4
White-breasted Nuthatch  5
Carolina Wren  1
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Northern Cardinal  6

Jasper-Pulaski F.W.A.:

Canada Goose  20
Northern Harrier  1    Juvenile, seen from the Crane observation tower
Sandhill Crane  11,000    Number per IDNR website
Mourning Dove  6
Short-eared Owl  3    Seen from the Crane observation tower
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Eastern Meadowlark  7    Seen from the Crane observation tower

Also seen along the way:

Bald Eagle 1 - Seen feeding on a deer carcass 
Cooper's hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon 20
American Kestrel 3
European Starling - too many
Red-winged Blackbird - 75
House Sparrow 20

John Winebrenner
Fort Wayne