Salamonie Reservoir
September 17, 2016
When seven of our Stockbridge Audubon members met for our field trip to Salamonie Reservoir this morning, it was raining. An hour later, raining even harder! But, we all stuck with it and splashed on down the road. Our first two birds of the day were a Bald Eagle and a Red-tailed Hawk, which gave me some hope. The rain finally started letting up a little around lunch time, and the birding started getting better, along with the weather. Finally, the afternoon turned out to be very enjoyable, and we ended the day with sunshine, and a bird list of 47 species. The biggest treat for most of us was the unexpectedly high raptor count, including good numbers of Bald Eagles, Kestrels, and Ospreys.
Field trip leaders - Sandy Schacht and John Winebrenner.
Canada Goose 25
Wild Turkey 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 30
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Killdeer 28
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 85
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 4
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
American Kestrel 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 26
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 200
Cedar Waxwing 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 18
Eastern Meadowlark 1
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow 12
John Winebrenner
Fort Wayne
September 17, 2016
When seven of our Stockbridge Audubon members met for our field trip to Salamonie Reservoir this morning, it was raining. An hour later, raining even harder! But, we all stuck with it and splashed on down the road. Our first two birds of the day were a Bald Eagle and a Red-tailed Hawk, which gave me some hope. The rain finally started letting up a little around lunch time, and the birding started getting better, along with the weather. Finally, the afternoon turned out to be very enjoyable, and we ended the day with sunshine, and a bird list of 47 species. The biggest treat for most of us was the unexpectedly high raptor count, including good numbers of Bald Eagles, Kestrels, and Ospreys.
Field trip leaders - Sandy Schacht and John Winebrenner.
Canada Goose 25
Wild Turkey 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 30
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Killdeer 28
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 85
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 4
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
American Kestrel 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 26
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 200
Cedar Waxwing 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 18
Eastern Meadowlark 1
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow 12
John Winebrenner
Fort Wayne
