Photo: Eastern Bluebird by John Larson
Hello everyone,
It was a cuckoo day – yellow-billed cuckoos that is. We found 4 cuckoos on the Island which is a high count for us. We heard them calling often during our walk so there may have been more that we couldn’t see. Karin, Marian and I went to Washington Park on Saturday afternoon and found 2 black-billed cuckoos, so they are obviously passing through right now.
As we did last week, we saw lots of Baltimore Orioles, but this week we added a handsome male Orchard Oriole. We also found an oriole nest and a hummingbird nest, both with moms around or on the nest. And, a Green Heron couple was working together to build a new nest in a tree behind the museum. Our Wooded Island family is growing and I’m looking forward to seeing the kids.
BIRDERS: Gary, Cheryl, Marian, Mike, Bruce Mc., Bruce M., Kristen, Betsy (from Philadelphia), Karen (from Virginia), Eric, Kaumudi, Marisa, Karin, Mark, Leslie, Maria, Chris, Ka Yee, Jennie.
TIME: 8:00am to Noon
WEATHER: Hazy sunshine and hot.
Compiler: Cheryl
Canada Goose Number observed: 21
Blue-winged Teal Number observed: 1
Mallard Number observed: 10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Number observed: 4
Chimney Swift Number observed: 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Number observed: 4
Spotted Sandpiper Number observed: 3
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 5
Green Heron Number observed: 2
Cooper's Hawk Number observed: 1
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 3
Northern Flicker Number observed: 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee Number observed: 3
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Number observed: 1
Willow Flycatcher Number observed: 1
Empidonax sp. Number observed: 1
Eastern Phoebe Number observed: 1
Eastern Kingbird Number observed: 5
Warbling Vireo Number observed: 2
Red-eyed Vireo Number observed: 4
American Crow Number observed: 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Number observed: 2
Purple Martin Number observed: 26
Tree Swallow Number observed: 12
Barn Swallow Number observed: 12
Cliff Swallow Number observed: 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Number observed: 1
White-breasted Nuthatch Number observed: 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Number observed: 2
Gray Catbird Number observed: 13
Eastern Bluebird Number observed: 1
Swainson's Thrush Number observed: 2
American Robin Number observed: 8
Cedar Waxwing Number observed: 1
House Sparrow Number observed: 3
House Finch Number observed: 1
Pine Siskin Number observed: 3
American Goldfinch Number observed: 5
Chipping Sparrow Number observed: 2
Song Sparrow Number observed: 2
Orchard Oriole Number observed: 1
Baltimore Oriole Number observed: 12
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 7
Brown-headed Cowbird Number observed: 1
Common Grackle Number observed: 6
Common Yellowthroat Number observed: 2
American Redstart Number observed: 1
Magnolia Warbler Number observed: 2
Yellow Warbler Number observed: 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler Number observed: 4
Black-throated Green Warbler Number observed: 1
Wilson's Warbler Number observed: 1
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 1
Indigo Bunting Number observed: 9
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