Hello everyone,
The highlight of the walk was the discovery that our pair of white-breasted nuthatches have successfully nested in the park! We found, to everyone's delight, 2 chicks in the nest hole in their tree on the east side of the north lagoon. We all look forward to watching the kids grow up.
Birders:
Jamie, visiting from South Carolina
Linda and Ted, visiting from Glenview
Catherine, who unfortunately for us will be moving to D.C after her graduation next week. Congrats on your graduation Catherine, and we look forward to seeing you when you come back to Chicago for a visit
Raman, who came back to Chicago for a weekend visit
David and Naomi
Jose
Marian
Eric
Karin
Doug, with our favorite golden retriever, Copper
Jennie
Weather: Sunny, turning to cloudy as the morning wore on. Temps in the low 60s
Time: 8:00am to 10:00am
Eric kindly shared his e-bird list for this report.
Jackson Park, Chicago--Wooded Island/Bobolink Meadow area
Jun 8, 2019
8:06 AM
Traveling
1.50 miles
128 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.9.0 Build 9
14 Canada Goose
4 Wood Duck
4 Mallard
8 Chimney Swift
11 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
1 gull sp.
1 Caspian Tern
3 Double-crested Cormorant
4 Great Blue Heron
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron -- 4 adults 1 Juvenile
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Willow Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
2 Eastern Kingbird
10 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 American Crow
25 Purple Martin
7 Barn Swallow
13 Cliff Swallow
1 swallow sp. -- Maybe Tree Swallow
4 White-breasted Nuthatch -- 2 adults 2 nestlings
3 House Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Eastern Bluebird
5 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
47 European Starling
5 Cedar Waxwing
3 American Goldfinch
2 Chipping Sparrow -- Heard
3 Song Sparrow
1 Orchard Oriole -- Young male
9 Baltimore Oriole
7 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
3 Common Yellowthroat
11 Yellow Warbler
5 Northern Cardinal
3 Indigo Bunting
2 House Sparrow
Number of Taxa: 43
Good birding everyone!
Jennie