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
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
