Photo: Eastern Bluebird by John Larson
Hello everyone,
The biggest surprise of the morning was that we had 3 birders join us for the first time even though it was a cold, windy morning. What brave souls they are!
Once again this week we had more birders than bird species, and I was wondering what I was going to report as a highlight in this week’s report. But, at the very end of our walk, who should fly in but 4 Common Redpolls! What a nice surprise! See Mike’s great photo, attached.
BIRDERS: Marian, Jennie, Mike, Kristin, Lucy, Cheryl, Eric, Marisa, Leslie, Renate, Bruce, and welcome to Jan, Liz and Brooke.
TIME: 8:00am to 9:45am
WEATHER: 20 degrees, cloudy, breezy
Compiler: Cheryl
Photographer: Mike
Canada Goose Number observed: 75
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 2
American Crow Number observed: 7
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 2
American Robin Number observed: 1
House Sparrow Number observed: 2
Common Redpoll Number observed: 4
White-throated Sparrow 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