Hello everyone,

It was a very birdy day – you could tell because everyone was looking in different directions!    The best warbler of the day was a lovely Northern Parula hanging out with the other confusing fall warblers. There was a Hummingbird enjoying the jewel weed.  A handsome male American Kestrel was perched on a tree next to the soccer field for a long time, eyeing the kids playing soccer and trying to figure out if he could catch one.

BIRDERS: Betty, Marian, Steve B., Karin, Eric, Cheryl, Chris, Bruce, Marisa, Jennie and welcome to Steve, Nicki, Gail and Mark.

TIME:  8:00am to 10:45am                      

WEATHER: Sunny at first, turning to cloudy and breezy, mid 60s.

Compiler:  Cheryl          

Canada Goose  Number observed: 59

Wood Duck  Number observed: 15

Mallard  Number observed: 5

Chimney Swift  Number observed: 43

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  Number observed: 1

Ring-billed Gull  Number observed: 13

Double-crested Cormorant  Number observed: 3

Great Blue Heron  Number observed: 1

Great Egret  Number observed: 1

Green Heron  Number observed: 1

Red-tailed Hawk  Number observed: 1

Belted Kingfisher  Number observed: 1

Red-headed Woodpecker  Number observed: 1    Details: Good find by Eric G in Bobolink Meadow

Downy Woodpecker  Number observed: 2

Northern Flicker  Number observed: 4

American Kestrel  Number observed: 1    Details: perching for all the world to see on the south side of lagoon just west of  the driving range

Eastern Phoebe  Number observed: 2

Red-eyed Vireo  Number observed: 1

Blue Jay  Number observed: 2

American Crow  Number observed: 1

Black-capped Chickadee  Number observed: 11

Red-breasted Nuthatch  Number observed: 2

White-breasted Nuthatch  Number observed: 1

Gray Catbird  Number observed: 5

Gray-cheeked Thrush  Number observed: 1

Swainson's Thrush  Number observed: 2

American Robin  Number observed: 3

Cedar Waxwing  Number observed: 14

American Goldfinch  Number observed: 17

White-throated Sparrow  Number observed: 9

Song Sparrow  Number observed: 1

Black-and-white Warbler  Number observed: 1

Tennessee Warbler  Number observed: 1

Nashville Warbler  Number observed: 1

Common Yellowthroat  Number observed: 2

American Redstart  Number observed: 5

Northern Parula  Number observed:  1

Magnolia Warbler  Number observed: 2

Yellow-rumped Warbler  Number observed: 1

Black-throated Green Warbler  Number observed: 2

Northern Cardinal  Number observed: 2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  Number observed: 3

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

Photo: American Wigeon by Laura Frazier/Great Backyard Bird Count