Salamonie Reservoir
October 6, 2018
Five members of Stockbridge Audubon Society birded the Salamonie Reservoir, in Huntington and Wabash counties today. The day started out a little cool, but it quickly warmed up, and we were pleased to get 48 species for the day. I think we could have probably hit 50 species, but the trip got cut short by a torrential rainstorm. One of the coolest birds of the day was a nearly pure white Red-tailed Hawk, perched upon a bare tree snag.
Our list:
48 species
Canada Goose 91
Wood Duck 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 15
Mourning Dove 26
Chimney Swift 1
Killdeer 14
Ring-billed Gull 18
Forster's Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 32
Great Blue Heron 8
Turkey Vulture 162 Lots of migrating TV's today!
Osprey 1
Cooper's Hawk 4
Bald Eagle 7 5 immature, 2 adults
Red-tailed Hawk 4 including one albino/leucistic bird
Red-headed Woodpecker 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
American Kestrel 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 75
American Crow 24
Horned Lark 3
Tree Swallow 7
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
Carolina Wren 8
Eastern Bluebird 17
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 100
Cedar Waxwing 16
American Goldfinch 21
Chipping Sparrow 6
Field Sparrow 2
Vesper Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Eastern Meadowlark 6
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Common Grackle 75
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 18
House Sparrow 36
John Winebrenner
Fort Wayne
October 6, 2018
Five members of Stockbridge Audubon Society birded the Salamonie Reservoir, in Huntington and Wabash counties today. The day started out a little cool, but it quickly warmed up, and we were pleased to get 48 species for the day. I think we could have probably hit 50 species, but the trip got cut short by a torrential rainstorm. One of the coolest birds of the day was a nearly pure white Red-tailed Hawk, perched upon a bare tree snag.
Our list:
48 species
Canada Goose 91
Wood Duck 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 15
Mourning Dove 26
Chimney Swift 1
Killdeer 14
Ring-billed Gull 18
Forster's Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 32
Great Blue Heron 8
Turkey Vulture 162 Lots of migrating TV's today!
Osprey 1
Cooper's Hawk 4
Bald Eagle 7 5 immature, 2 adults
Red-tailed Hawk 4 including one albino/leucistic bird
Red-headed Woodpecker 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
American Kestrel 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 75
American Crow 24
Horned Lark 3
Tree Swallow 7
Carolina Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
Carolina Wren 8
Eastern Bluebird 17
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 100
Cedar Waxwing 16
American Goldfinch 21
Chipping Sparrow 6
Field Sparrow 2
Vesper Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Eastern Meadowlark 6
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Common Grackle 75
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 18
House Sparrow 36
John Winebrenner
Fort Wayne
