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
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