Photo: Eastern Bluebird by John Larson
Hello everyone,
As it is every year it seems, May 15 is the magic day when all of the warblers arrive, and all of the warbler lovers show up too. With 34 birders we had plenty of eyes to spot all the wonderful warblers and other spring migrants. In addition to all the warblers, highlights were the gobs of Baltimore Orioles, another heron trifecta, a flock of Pine Siskins, and Columbia, our resident juvenile Red-tailed Hawk. It was a great morning!
BIRDERS: Kaumudi, Rob, Jofi, Grace, Rackley, Jeremy, Elise, Marshall, Joanne, Gary, Marian, Hal, Leti, Bruce, Jennie, Judy, Kristin, Mark, Cheryl, Karin, Eric, Vinay, Ka Yee, Nigel, Aarushi, Martha, Chris, Brendan, Marisa, Barbara, Cathy, Pam, Leslie, Liz
TIME: 8:00am to 11:45am
WEATHER: 50s, cloudy, rain later in the morning
Compiler: Cheryl
Canada Goose Number observed: 20
Wood Duck Number observed: 8
Mallard Number observed: 5
Chimney Swift Number observed: 14
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Number observed: 2
Spotted Sandpiper Number observed: 1
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 17
Caspian Tern Number observed: 1
Double-crested Cormorant Number observed: 2
Great Blue Heron Number observed: 2
Green Heron Number observed: 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron Number observed: 2
Red-tailed Hawk Number observed: 1
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 2
Empidonax sp. Number observed: 2
Eastern Phoebe Number observed: 1
Eastern Kingbird Number observed: 3
Warbling Vireo Number observed: 4
Red-eyed Vireo Number observed: 2
Blue Jay Number observed: 3
American Crow Number observed: 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Number observed: 7
Tree Swallow Number observed: 2
Barn Swallow Number observed: 35
Red-breasted Nuthatch Number observed: 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Number observed: 5
European Starling Number observed: 7
Gray Catbird Number observed: 17
Brown Thrasher Number observed: 2
Eastern Bluebird Number observed: 1
Veery Number observed: 3
Swainson's Thrush Number observed: 3
Wood Thrush Number observed: 1
American Robin Number observed: 17
Cedar Waxwing Number observed: 1
Pine Siskin Number observed: 24, conservative count
American Goldfinch Number observed: 5
White-crowned Sparrow Number observed: 7
Savannah Sparrow Number observed: 1
Song Sparrow Number observed: 3
Baltimore Oriole Number observed: 19
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 15
Brown-headed Cowbird Number observed: 3
Common Grackle Number observed: 3
Northern Waterthrush Number observed: 2
Black-and-white Warbler Number observed: 3
Tennessee Warbler Number observed: 1
Mourning Warbler Number observed: 1
Common Yellowthroat Number observed: 3
American Redstart Number observed: 17
Northern Parula Number observed: 1
Magnolia Warbler Number observed: 4
Bay-breasted Warbler Number observed: 1
Yellow Warbler Number observed: 15
Chestnut-sided Warbler Number observed: 9
Blackpoll Warbler Number observed: 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler Number observed: 1
Palm Warbler Number observed: 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler Number observed: 3
Wilson's Warbler Number observed: 1
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Number observed: 2
Indigo Bunting Number observed: 4
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