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Wooded Island Birding Outing

  • Jackson Park Chicago, Illinois (map)

Hello to all,

Even though it was a beautiful sunny day, the Fall season has really arrived and our weekly species count is decreasing. Most of the Warblers have seemed to move on and the seasonal waterfowl have yet to arrive. The Canada Geese were very plentiful this week and particularly noisy. We heard them honking and clucking the entire time. Perhaps they were planning a move to the South!

While other species have left, the Kinglets have arrived in full force. While we still had many Ruby-crowned, the Golden-crowned were everywhere. It seemed like no matter where you looked, you saw a Kinglet. The Golden-crowned Kinglets put on a great show and flashed us their crowns several times. They are so cute and a joy to look at.

We also were lucky enough to welcome 2 Eastern Bluebirds back to Jackson Park. It has been a long time since we have observed any so it was an exciting sighting. Let’s hope that they stick around for a little while.

BIRDERS: Luther, Marian, Val, Kristin, Paul, Lucy, Andy, Rob, Jane, Robert, Simone, Cheryl, Leslie, Roger, Mark C., Marisa, David, Jesse, Pam and welcome to Eric P., Mary, Jen Z., Shaiva, Elizabeth, Eve, and Marcos.

TIME: 8:00am to noon                      

WEATHER: 53°F at start progressing to the low 60s, sunny with a gentle breeze

Compiler: Cheryl

Photographers: Marisa and Paul

  1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 186

  2. Wood Duck   Number observed: 20

  3. Mallard   Number observed: 1

  4. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 5

  5. Herring Gull   Number observed: 1

  6. Double-crested Cormorant   Number observed: 2

  7. Great Egret   Number observed: 1

  8. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 5

  9. Cooper's Hawk   Number observed: 1

  10. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Number observed: 1

  11. Red-bellied Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

  12. Downy Woodpecker   Number observed: 2

  13. Hairy Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

  14. Northern Flicker   Number observed: 3

  15. Eastern Phoebe   Number observed: 1

  16. American Crow   Number observed: 8

  17. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 6

  18. Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 8

  19. Golden-crowned Kinglet   Number observed: 19

  20. Brown Creeper   Number observed: 3

  21. Winter Wren   Number observed: 2

  22. European Starling   Number observed: 9

  23. Eastern Bluebird   Number observed: 2

  24. Hermit Thrush   Number observed: 5

  25. American Robin   Number observed: 30

  26. House Sparrow   Number observed: 9

  27. House Finch   Number observed: 1

  28. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 5

  29. Dark-eyed Junco   Number observed: 20

  30. White-crowned Sparrow   Number observed: 9

  31. White-throated Sparrow   Number observed: 31

  32. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 1

  33. Lincoln's Sparrow   Number observed: 1

  34. Swamp Sparrow   Number observed: 3

  35. Orange-crowned Warbler   Number observed: 1

  36. Yellow-rumped Warbler   Number observed: 4

  37. 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.

Best of Birding to everyone,

Cheryl and Jennie

 

 

Photo: House wren by Lindsay Vacek