Photo: American Goldfinch by Jennie Strable
Hello everyone,
It was another day of nest spotting and nestlings. The Orchard Oriole nest in the Japanese Garden had lots of activity with mom and dad keeping the kids fed. Gary spotted a family of 5 White-breasted Nuthatches, obviously the parents and 3 fledglings. A Green Heron is on its nest behind the Museum and Tracy got a great photo. A house wren was going in and out of a hole in a dead tree by the music bridge, and Gary caught him/her in action – see his terrific photo.
Two Caspian Terns were putting on quite a show, flying about and diving for fish regularly. Paul, Rob and Nick were lucky enough to be buzzed by a flying Mourning Warbler in Bobolink Woods. And, as usual, the Indigo Bunting and Ruby-throated Hummingbird buddies were in their tree in the middle of the Island.
BIRDERS: Rob, Mark, Lucy, Kristin, Cheryl, Mike, Jennie, Paul, Gary, Nick, Meghan, Tracy, Peter, Stefan, Ezra
TIME: 8:00am to 11:45am
WEATHER: Sunny, low 60s, light breeze
Compiler: Cheryl
Photographers: Tracy and Gary
Canada Goose Number observed: 59
Wood Duck Number observed: 6
Mallard Number observed: 11
Chimney Swift Number observed: 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Number observed: 2
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 3
Caspian Tern Number observed: 2
Double-crested Cormorant Number observed: 1
Great Blue Heron Number observed: 3
Green Heron Number observed: 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron Number observed: 3
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 3
Northern Flicker Number observed: 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee Number observed: 1
Willow Flycatcher Number observed: 1
Eastern Phoebe Number observed: 1
Eastern Kingbird Number observed: 5
Warbling Vireo Number observed: 2
American Crow Number observed: 4
Purple Martin Number observed: 31
Barn Swallow Number observed: 19
Cliff Swallow Number observed: 26
White-breasted Nuthatch Number observed: 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Number observed: 7
House Wren Number observed: 2
European Starling Number observed: 23
Gray Catbird Number observed: 9
American Robin Number observed: 4
Cedar Waxwing Number observed: 11
American Goldfinch Number observed: 5
Song Sparrow Number observed: 2
Orchard Oriole Number observed: 3
Baltimore Oriole Number observed: 10
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 12
Brown-headed Cowbird Number observed: 3
Common Grackle Number observed: 2
Mourning Warbler Number observed: 1
Common Yellowthroat Number observed: 1
American Redstart Number observed: 3
Yellow Warbler Number observed: 11
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 3
Indigo Bunting Number observed: 2
If you’d like more information about a bird, check out the All About Birds ID guide:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/
Corrections, additions and comments are welcome.
Recordings are not used to attract birds.
The Walks are free and open to one and all. They are held year-round. Newcomers are warmly welcomed.
Saturday morning walks: Start at 8:00 a.m. and cover a distance of two miles. Birders walk from the meeting spot counterclockwise onto Wooded Island. Exiting Wooded Island at the south end, the birders walk along the soccer field and enter the south end of Bobolink Meadow. The Meadow’s path leads to the Music Bridge. After crossing the Music Bridge birders walk through the parking lot and around the Columbia Basin (North Lagoon) and return to our meeting spot. In late fall, winter and early spring, the birders check for birds on the lakefront at the Outer Harbor near LaRabida Hospital and the Inner Harbor after the Wooded Island walk.
Meeting Spot: Birders meet on the west shore of the Columbia Basin (North Lagoon). Park on Stony Island Avenue near 59th Street, walk east across the parkland area, then cross Cornell Drive to reach the spot.
Good birding everyone,
Jennie