Photo: Green heron by Lindsay Vacek

Hello everyone,

It was a great fall migration morning. The warblers and thrushes were abundant, with the highlight of a Gray-cheeked Thrush and a Black-throated Blue Warbler. We had two species of hawks, which was fun. We looked for the American Goldfinch nestlings but didn’t see anyone in the nest, so they were either hunkered down or grew up and fledged in the last week.

BIRDERS: Mike, Marian, Jennie, Eric, Kristin, Leslie, Cheryl, Gail, Mark, Lucy, Roselle, Monica, Eileen, Peter, Pam, Jane, Paul, Marisa, Renate and welcome to Beth, Pam and Tiffany.

TIME:   8:00am to 12:15pm   

WEATHER: partly cloudy, low 70s

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographers: Leslie, Marisa and Eric         

Canada Goose   Number observed: 190

Wood Duck   Number observed: 5

Mallard   Number observed: 10

Chimney Swift   Number observed: 32

Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Number observed: 5

Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 3

Double-crested Cormorant   Number observed: 3

Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 6

Green Heron   Number observed: 1

Black-crowned Night-Heron   Number observed: 2

Cooper's Hawk   Number observed: 1

Red-tailed Hawk   Number observed: 1

Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 2

Northern Flicker   Number observed: 2

Warbling Vireo   Number observed: 4

Red-eyed Vireo   Number observed: 2

American Crow   Number observed: 6

Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 2

Red-breasted Nuthatch   Number observed: 4

White-breasted Nuthatch   Number observed: 4

European Starling   Number observed: 4

Gray Catbird   Number observed: 5

Gray-cheeked Thrush   Number observed: 1

Swainson's Thrush   Number observed: 11

American Robin   Number observed: 1

House Finch   Number observed: 1

American Goldfinch   Number observed: 9

Black-and-white Warbler   Number observed: 1

Nashville Warbler   Number observed: 1

Common Yellowthroat   Number observed: 1

American Redstart   Number observed: 4

Cape May Warbler   Number observed: 1

Magnolia Warbler   Number observed: 2

Bay-breasted Warbler   Number observed: 4

Yellow Warbler   Number observed: 1

Chestnut-sided Warbler   Number observed: 1

Blackpoll Warbler   Number observed: 4

Black-throated Blue Warbler   Number observed: 1

Palm Warbler   Number observed: 1

Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 2

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