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Wooded Island Birding Outing

  • Jackson Park Chicago, Illinois (map)

Hello everyone,

It was a wonderful spring migration day with birds everywhere. Swallows of all kinds were flying about during our whole walk. We also had a large murder of crows fly over, calling loudly, but they didn’t seem to be chasing anything. I guess they were just having a good time. We had a dapper and handsome male Orchard Oriole pose for us as well as serenade us.

It was a great day for warblers which we found throughout the island. Highlights were the gorgeous Bay-breasted and Blackburnian Warblers and we had an especially high count of Chestnut-sided Warblers.

It was also a day for nest sightings. A Mourning Dove was collecting nesting material and building her home in a pine tree. We found a Yellow Warbler and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher tending their nests too.

And just when we thought that we didn’t have any woodpeckers to add to our list, we spotted a Hairy Woodpecker at the very end of our walk. A nice way to end a nice day.

BIRDERS: Luther, Traci, Katie, Jennie, Marian, Cheryl, Kristin, Caterina, Eric, Gary, Val, Amy, Aiden, Leslie, Fred, Daniela, Howard, Roger, Robert, Simone, Mark C., Marisa, Jan, Paul, Renate, Pat, and welcome to Liz, Noah, Cosmo, Teddy, and David.

TIME: 8:00am to 1:00pm

WEATHER: Sunny and 53 degrees

Compiler: Cheryl

  1. Canada Goose   Number observed: 37

  2. Mallard   Number observed: 7

  3. Mourning Dove   Number observed: 2

  4. Chimney Swift   Number observed: 15

  5. Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Number observed: 1

  6. Killdeer   Number observed: 1

  7. Spotted Sandpiper   Number observed: 1

  8. Ring-billed Gull   Number observed: 9

  9. American Herring Gull   Number observed: 1

  10. Caspian Tern   Number observed: 1

  11. Green Heron   Number observed: 2

  12. Great Blue Heron   Number observed: 3

  13. American White Pelican   Number observed: 3

  14. Hairy Woodpecker   Number observed: 1

  15. Olive-sided Flycatcher   Number observed: 1

  16. Eastern Wood-Pewee   Number observed: 2

  17. Least Flycatcher   Number observed: 3

  18. Eastern Phoebe   Number observed: 3

  19. Eastern Kingbird   Number observed: 1

  20. White-eyed Vireo   Number observed: 1

  21. Yellow-throated Vireo   Number observed: 1

  22. Philadelphia Vireo   Number observed: 1

  23. Warbling Vireo   Number observed: 5

  24. Red-eyed Vireo   Number observed: 1

  25. Blue Jay   Number observed: 4

  26. American Crow   Number observed: 21

  27. Black-capped Chickadee   Number observed: 2

  28. Tree Swallow   Number observed: 3

  29. Purple Martin   Number observed: 12

  30. Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Number observed: 7

  31. Barn Swallow   Number observed: 19

  32. Cliff Swallow   Number observed: 3

  33. White-breasted Nuthatch   Number observed: 1

  34. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Number observed: 12

  35. Northern House Wren   Number observed: 6

  36. European Starling   Number observed: 8

  37. Gray Catbird   Number observed: 8

  38. Swainson's Thrush   Number observed: 3

  39. American Robin   Number observed: 18

  40. Cedar Waxwing   Number observed: 10

  41. House Sparrow   Number observed: 7

  42. House Finch   Number observed: 5

  43. American Goldfinch   Number observed: 6

  44. Song Sparrow   Number observed: 3

  45. Orchard Oriole   Number observed: 2

  46. Baltimore Oriole   Number observed: 9

  47. Red-winged Blackbird   Number observed: 17

  48. Brown-headed Cowbird   Number observed: 5

  49. Common Grackle   Number observed: 5

  50. Black-and-white Warbler   Number observed: 2

  51. Mourning Warbler   Number observed: 3

  52. Common Yellowthroat   Number observed: 6

  53. American Redstart   Number observed: 21

  54. Magnolia Warbler   Number observed: 5

  55. Bay-breasted Warbler   Number observed: 4

  56. Blackburnian Warbler   Number observed: 6

  57. Yellow Warbler   Number observed: 17

  58. Chestnut-sided Warbler   Number observed: 13

  59. Yellow-rumped Warbler   Number observed: 1

  60. Black-throated Green Warbler   Number observed: 1

  61. Canada Warbler   Number observed: 4

  62. Wilson's Warbler   Number observed: 5

  63. Northern Cardinal   Number observed: 3

 

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.

Good birding everyone,

Jennie

Photo: Northern parula by Linda Steele