November 7, 2015   Indiana Dunes

A Stockbridge Audubon field trip brought nine birders to four locations on the Lake Michigan lakefront.  Our best bird was a Common Tern at Michigan City harbor.  Also notable was eight Fox Sparrows at Indiana Dunes State Park feeders.  Other locations we visited were Beverly Shores, including Beverly Drive and the National Lakeshore area, and West Beach. 
 
Michigan City Harbor (MC), Beverly Shores (BS), Indiana Dunes State Park (SP), West Beach (WB), along the way (W, not counted)
 
 
Canada Goose  BS 4, W
Mute Swan  WB 4
Wood Duck  WB 3
Mallard  MC 2, BS 7, WB 4
Northern Shoveler  BS 2
Green-winged Teal  BS 6
Canvasback WB 2
Scoter sp BS
Bufflehead  BS 4
Hooded Merganser BS 7, WB 1
Merganser sp BS
Pied-billed Grebe  BS 1, WB 1
Double-crested Cormorant  MC 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  BS 1
Cooper’s Hawk W
Red-tailed Hawk W
American Coot  100
Ring-billed Gull MC 30, W
Herring Gull  MC 30

Common Tern  MC 1     Black bill; forehead white; black crown extending through eye; face white; gray back and wings -- rather worn appearance; black carpal bar at bend of folded wing; black legs

Rock Pigeon W
Mourning Dove W
Red-headed Woodpecker BS 1, W
Red-bellied Woodpecker  BS 1, SP 1
Downy Woodpecker SP 1
Blue Jay  BS 6, W
American Crow W
Black-capped Chickadee  SP 2
Tufted Titmouse  SP 3
White-breasted Nuthatch BS 1, SP 2
American Robin W
European Starling W
American Tree Sparrow  BS 2
Fox Sparrow  SP 8
Song Sparrow BS 1
White-crowned Sparrow  BS 1, SP 2
Dark-eyed Junco  BS 1, SP 2
Northern Cardinal  SP 1
Red-winged Blackbird W
Purple Finch  SP 2
American Goldfinch  SP 10
House Sparrow BS 6, SP 4
 
Ed Powers, Sandy Schacht