Photo: Eastern Bluebird by John Larson
Hello everyone,
It was a beautiful sunny morning but very cold and very slow, bird-wise. We had more bird species than birders this week, but we didn’t see any species of interest that I can call a “highlight”.
We did, however, come upon a nice pocket of birds in the oak grove next to the East parking lot. The Nuthatches, Downy Woodpeckers and Chickadees seemed to be having a convention and the Nuthatches apparently were the presenters as they were very talkative, chattering away at the other birds around them. It was fun to watch and to hear.
See the lovely photos of our friends, attached.
BIRDERS: Eric, Cheryl, Leslie, Bruce, Mike, Jennie, Marian, Kristin, Marisa
TIME: 8:00am to 9:50am
WEATHER: Sunny, 10 degrees, light wind
Compiler: Cheryl
Photographers: Marisa and Eric
Canada Goose Number observed: 7
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 1
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 6
American Crow Number observed: 5
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 6
White-breasted Nuthatch Number observed: 2
European Starling Number observed: 2
American Robin Number observed: 2
House Sparrow Number observed: 3
Dark-eyed Junco Number observed: 6
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 5
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