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Chain O' Lakes State Park
September 30, 2017

Yesterday, September 30 - Six members of Stockbridge Audubon Society enjoyed a beautiful Autumn day birding Chain O' Lakes State Park, in Noble County. It started off with a very cool morning, but the Robins were already migrating in good numbers, giving us hope for a good day of birding. As the temperatures rose, and the layers peeled off, we added more and more birds. The most prevalent of the birds were the American Robin ( Ed Powers said that there were "about a million of them"), Turkey Vultures, and Red-headed Woodpeckers. I've birded Chain O' Lakes for many years, and I've never seen as many Red-headed Woodpeckers as we saw on this trip. On the down side, our Warbler list consisted of just two individuals, both of which were in the same tree.

 Trip leaders - Eric Helfrich and John Winebrenner

Canada Goose  30
Wood Duck  2
Turkey Vulture  61
Cooper's Hawk  1    Immature
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Killdeer  2
Mourning Dove  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  18
Red-bellied Woodpecker  12
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  6
Hairy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  21
American Crow  11
Tree Swallow  7
Carolina Chickadee  1    Small, clean-cut throat patch, very little white feather edging on wings, heard four-note song from one bird.
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  5
White-breasted Nuthatch  8
Carolina Wren  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird  5
Swainson's Thrush  1
American Robin  50+
Gray Catbird  2
European Starling  12
Cedar Waxwing  23
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Song Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  3
Northern Cardinal  9
Red-winged Blackbird  16
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  6 

John Winebrenner
Fort Wayne
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