September 20, 2014
Stockbridge Audubon, with seven birders, explored Pigeon River FWA in Lagrange and Steuben Counties, Fawn River State Fish Hatchery at Orland, and the sewage lagoons at Kinderhook, Michigan. Birding was slow at first, with only one warbler, two sparrows, almost no waterfowl or shorebirds, etc. It began to pick up after lunch, especially at Fawn River State Fish Hatchery, and even more especially at the sewage lagoons in Kinderhook, Michigan. Sandy Schacht and l (Ed Powers) led the field trip, with Jim Haw's guidance. Total species count 51. In addition to the birds below, participants also saw an eastern box turtle in a grassy trail, and fringed gentians along the roadside. Cynthia Powers noted, "It made me think of that poem 'To a Fringed Gentian' by William Cullen Bryant."
Pigeon River FWA, LaGrange, US-IN
Sep 20, 2014 9:10 AM - 1:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
26.0 mile(s)
Comments: 50-80F, partly cloudy, moderate wind
35 species
Canada Goose 120
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Virginia Rail 1
American Coot 1
Sandhill Crane 100
Killdeer 1
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 25
American Crow 50
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 9
Cedar Waxwing 7
Common Yellowthroat 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Vesper Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 25
American Goldfinch 2
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Fawn River State Fish Hatchery, Steuben, US-IN
Sep 20, 2014 1:45 PM - 2:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: 80F, partly cloudy, wind strong
13 species
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 20
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Wilson's Snipe 2
Ring-billed Gull 50
Chimney Swift 5
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Kinderhook Sewage Lagoons, Branch, US-MI
Sep 20, 2014 2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: 80F, mostly cloudy, strong wind
8 species
Canada Goose X
Northern Shoveler 3
EARED GREBE 2 Thin bill, dark peaked crown, dark cheek, white throat, dusky
fore-neck, dark hind-neck, white chest, dark back.
Great Blue Heron 1
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER 2 Large plover, with warm brown (rather than gray)
checkered back, fine streaking underneath
Killdeer X
Ring-billed Gull X
Barn Swallow 2
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Others seen on the road going to and between sites:
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow
Ed Powers, Allen County
Stockbridge Audubon, with seven birders, explored Pigeon River FWA in Lagrange and Steuben Counties, Fawn River State Fish Hatchery at Orland, and the sewage lagoons at Kinderhook, Michigan. Birding was slow at first, with only one warbler, two sparrows, almost no waterfowl or shorebirds, etc. It began to pick up after lunch, especially at Fawn River State Fish Hatchery, and even more especially at the sewage lagoons in Kinderhook, Michigan. Sandy Schacht and l (Ed Powers) led the field trip, with Jim Haw's guidance. Total species count 51. In addition to the birds below, participants also saw an eastern box turtle in a grassy trail, and fringed gentians along the roadside. Cynthia Powers noted, "It made me think of that poem 'To a Fringed Gentian' by William Cullen Bryant."
Pigeon River FWA, LaGrange, US-IN
Sep 20, 2014 9:10 AM - 1:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
26.0 mile(s)
Comments: 50-80F, partly cloudy, moderate wind
35 species
Canada Goose 120
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Virginia Rail 1
American Coot 1
Sandhill Crane 100
Killdeer 1
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 25
American Crow 50
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 9
Cedar Waxwing 7
Common Yellowthroat 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Vesper Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 25
American Goldfinch 2
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Fawn River State Fish Hatchery, Steuben, US-IN
Sep 20, 2014 1:45 PM - 2:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: 80F, partly cloudy, wind strong
13 species
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 20
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 2
Wilson's Snipe 2
Ring-billed Gull 50
Chimney Swift 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19889560
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Kinderhook Sewage Lagoons, Branch, US-MI
Sep 20, 2014 2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: 80F, mostly cloudy, strong wind
8 species
Canada Goose X
Northern Shoveler 3
EARED GREBE 2 Thin bill, dark peaked crown, dark cheek, white throat, dusky
fore-neck, dark hind-neck, white chest, dark back.
Great Blue Heron 1
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER 2 Large plover, with warm brown (rather than gray)
checkered back, fine streaking underneath
Killdeer X
Ring-billed Gull X
Barn Swallow 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19889819
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Others seen on the road going to and between sites:
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow
Ed Powers, Allen County
