Wildwood Nature Preserve
September 23, 2017
The forecast of hot, humid weather did not keep five birders from Stockbridge Audubon's field trip to two sites in Kosciusko County, led by Eric Helfrich and Ed Powers.
We started with the flooded field at the intersection of CR 900S and 400E. The Long-billed Dowitcher that has been reported here continues.
Total species, 45.
Kosciusko CR 900S x 400E, Whitley, Indiana, US
Sep 23, 2017 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: 70 F, clear, calm, humid
9 species
Killdeer 10
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Mourning Dove 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Savannah Sparrow 6
Eastern Meadowlark 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39349648
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We continued to ACRES Wildwood Nature Preserve, where we were joined by two others.
Wildwood (ACRES), Kosciusko, Indiana, US
Sep 23, 2017 9:10 AM - 12:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: 71-83 F, clear, calm, humid
33 species
Canada Goose 1
Wood Duck 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1 Yellow head and underparts, two wing-bars, fine black line through the eye.
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
American Goldfinch 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39349940
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Not bad for hot and still, but by now it was really hot and still, so we retreated to an ice cream parlor in North Manchester.
Birds seen before, between and after these sites were:
Canada Goose ~25
Mallard ~10
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon ~5
Chimney Swift
Blue Jay
American Crow ~5
European Starling
House Sparrow
Eric Helfrich & Ed Powers
September 23, 2017
The forecast of hot, humid weather did not keep five birders from Stockbridge Audubon's field trip to two sites in Kosciusko County, led by Eric Helfrich and Ed Powers.
We started with the flooded field at the intersection of CR 900S and 400E. The Long-billed Dowitcher that has been reported here continues.
Total species, 45.
Kosciusko CR 900S x 400E, Whitley, Indiana, US
Sep 23, 2017 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: 70 F, clear, calm, humid
9 species
Killdeer 10
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Mourning Dove 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Savannah Sparrow 6
Eastern Meadowlark 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39349648
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
We continued to ACRES Wildwood Nature Preserve, where we were joined by two others.
Wildwood (ACRES), Kosciusko, Indiana, US
Sep 23, 2017 9:10 AM - 12:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: 71-83 F, clear, calm, humid
33 species
Canada Goose 1
Wood Duck 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1 Yellow head and underparts, two wing-bars, fine black line through the eye.
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
American Goldfinch 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39349940
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Not bad for hot and still, but by now it was really hot and still, so we retreated to an ice cream parlor in North Manchester.
Birds seen before, between and after these sites were:
Canada Goose ~25
Mallard ~10
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon ~5
Chimney Swift
Blue Jay
American Crow ~5
European Starling
House Sparrow
Eric Helfrich & Ed Powers
