Photo: Hairy woodpecker by Lia Bocchario

Hello everyone,

Eight hardy birders braved the elements and were rewarded for their efforts.  Bad weather does mean good birding!

The Cedar Waxwing was no longer on the nest so the chicks must have fledged in the last week. We saw a Chipping Sparrow and a House Finch feeding their young. A few Spotted Sandpipers took to the air and entertained us with our own personal Air and Water Show – much nicer than the Blue Angels.

We could tell that fall has arrived because the confusing fall warblers are arriving too. And, there were no Barn Swallows flying around the north bridge. The Chimney Swifts and Purple Martins are still here but we know they’ll also be leaving soon.

BIRDERS: Lucy, Cheryl, Mike, Marian, Jennie, Lee, Mark, Steve

TIME:   8:00am to 11:0am     

WEATHER: light rain, then clear, then light rain again.

Compiler:  Cheryl       

Canada Goose  Number observed: 80

Wood Duck  Number observed: 11

Mallard   Number observed: 4

Chimney Swift  Number observed: 16

Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Number observed: 8

Spotted Sandpiper   Number observed: 2

Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 3

Herring Gull   Number observed: 1

Double-crested Cormorant   Number observed: 1

Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 6

Green Heron   Number observed: 5

Black-crowned Night-Heron   Number observed: 5

Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

Northern Flicker   Number observed: 1

Eastern Phoebe   Number observed: 1

Eastern Kingbird   Number observed: 6

Warbling Vireo   Number observed: 1

American Crow   Number observed: 3

Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 2

Purple Martin   Number observed: 17

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Number observed: 6

House Wren   Number observed: 3

Gray Catbird   Number observed: 4

American Robin   Number observed: 17

Cedar Waxwing   Number observed: 1

House Finch   Number observed: 2

American Goldfinch   Number observed: 21

Chipping Sparrow   Number observed: 3

Song Sparrow   Number observed: 2

Baltimore Oriole   Number observed: 4

Nashville Warbler   Number observed: 1

American Redstart   Number observed: 1

Magnolia Warbler   Number observed: 1

Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 2

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