October 11, 2014   Franke Park

The Stockbridge Audubon field trip drew 13 birders on a cool, sunny and almost windless day.  Our main problem was trying to figure out why someone was using a leaf blower on the trails through the woods; we did not come up with an answer.
 
Franke Park, Allen, US-IN
Oct 11, 2014 8:00 AM - 11:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     39-52F, mostly clear, wind calm to very light
46 species

Canada Goose  100
Wood Duck  2
American Black Duck  1  Seen by one member of the party who left early
Mallard  35
Ruddy Duck  1
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1  Seen inside the zoo after the field trip broke up
Cooper's Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  50
Mourning Dove  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1     Heard only
Eastern Phoebe  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1     Rather late
Blue Jay  10
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  4
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  20
European Starling  2
Tennessee Warbler  1     Rather late
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1     Late
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  3
Northern Cardinal  5
Red-winged Blackbird  10
House Finch  7
Purple Finch  2
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  20

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20198147

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Ed Powers, Allen County