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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
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