Photo: Eastern Bluebird by John Larson
Hello everyone,
Spring migration is winding down but we still had plenty of birds to keep us interested. Redstarts were everywhere we looked; almost all females/juvenile males. They are beautiful birds but I got a bit tired of them after a while I’m afraid. It was also Oriole City with lots of Baltimore Orioles and four Orchard Orioles. We even found an Orchard Oriole nest in the Japanese Garden, complete with mom on the nest and dad keeping watch a few branches above.
Warblers of special note were Canada, Northern Parula and Mourning. A house wren sang for us out in the open near the music bridge. And, the heron trifecta returned with Great Blue, Black-crowned and Green.
BIRDERS: Kristin, Cheryl, Mark, Leslie, Marian, Jennie, Rob, Eric, Gary, Meghan, Nick, Stefan, Ezra, Tracy, Kaumudi, Marisa, Renate, and welcome to Peter and Tyler
TIME: 8:00am to 11:45am
WEATHER: Cloudy, 58 degrees, light winds
Compiler: Cheryl
Canada Goose Number observed: 28
Wood Duck Number observed: 7
Mallard Number observed: 11
Chimney Swift Number observed: 17
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Number observed: 3
Spotted Sandpiper Number observed: 1
Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 8
Herring Gull Number observed: 1
Caspian Tern Number observed: 1
Double-crested Cormorant Number observed: 2
Great Blue Heron Number observed: 5
Green Heron Number observed: 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron Number observed: 2
Downy Woodpecker Number observed: 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher Number observed: 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee Number observed: 1
Least Flycatcher Number observed: 1
Eastern Phoebe Number observed: 3
Eastern Kingbird Number observed: 4
Philadelphia Vireo Number observed: 1
Warbling Vireo Number observed: 3
Red-eyed Vireo Number observed: 1
American Crow Number observed: 3
Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Number observed: 2
Purple Martin Number observed: 5
Barn Swallow Number observed: 15
Cliff Swallow Number observed: 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Number observed: 4
House Wren Number observed: 4
European Starling Number observed: 2
Gray Catbird Number observed: 1
Veery Number observed: 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush Number observed: 1
Swainson's Thrush Number observed: 1
American Robin Number observed: 3
Cedar Waxwing Number observed: 30
House Sparrow Number observed: 2
American Goldfinch Number observed: 4
Chipping Sparrow Number observed: 1
Song Sparrow Number observed: 1
Orchard Oriole Number observed: 4
Baltimore Oriole Number observed: 8
Red-winged Blackbird Number observed: 4
Brown-headed Cowbird Number observed: 4
Common Grackle Number observed: 4
Northern Waterthrush Number observed: 1
Mourning Warbler Number observed: 3
Common Yellowthroat Number observed: 1
American Redstart Number observed: 22
Northern Parula Number observed: 1
Magnolia Warbler Number observed: 2
Yellow Warbler Number observed: 8
Black-throated Blue Warbler Number observed: 1
Canada Warbler Number observed: 1
Wilson's Warbler Number observed: 5
Northern Cardinal Number observed: 2
Indigo Bunting Number observed: 1
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