September 12, 2015 Franke Park
Nine Stockbridge Audubon Society birders battled 900 5K runners and walkers at
Franke Park this morning. Those that survived saw a variety of birds, although
not quite what we had hoped for after the cold front moved through last night.
Canada Goose 25+
Mallard 25+
And the usual contingent of mixed domestics. There was no sign of the Black
bellied Whistling Duck that seems to have moved on to more appropriate
habitat.
Pie-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron. 3
Turkey Vulture 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull 25+
Ruby Throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12
Downy Woodpecker. 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood Pewee. 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 20
Carolina/black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher 4
Swainson's Thrush 6
American Robin 25+
Gray Catbird 6
Black and White Warbler. 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 4
Cape May Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Bay-breasted Warbler 6
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 20
Nine Stockbridge Audubon Society birders battled 900 5K runners and walkers at
Franke Park this morning. Those that survived saw a variety of birds, although
not quite what we had hoped for after the cold front moved through last night.
Canada Goose 25+
Mallard 25+
And the usual contingent of mixed domestics. There was no sign of the Black
bellied Whistling Duck that seems to have moved on to more appropriate
habitat.
Pie-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron. 3
Turkey Vulture 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull 25+
Ruby Throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12
Downy Woodpecker. 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood Pewee. 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 20
Carolina/black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher 4
Swainson's Thrush 6
American Robin 25+
Gray Catbird 6
Black and White Warbler. 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 4
Cape May Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Bay-breasted Warbler 6
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 20