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Wooded Island Birding Outing

  • Jackson Park Chicago, Illinois (map)

Hello everyone,

The confusing fall warblers are starting to arrive, with four species sighted on our walk. As expected, however, the Purple Martins have left for the winter and we look forward to their return in the spring.

Osaka was waiting for us in his spot in the Japanese Garden and quickly became the favorite subject of our photographers while he posed like a supermodel. The Baltimore Orioles were very active once again and we had a large flock of Cedar Waxwings in the area.

We had a lot of nice insect sightings including a Praying Mantis on a stalk of goldenrod, which is something we don’t find every day.

The big surprise of the day was the number of raptors we found– Red-tail, Red-shouldered, Cooper’s, Broad-winged and a Bald Eagle too!

BIRDERS: Mark C., Paul S., Luther, Darby, Caterina, Rick, Jennie, Mike, Howard, Kristin, Katie, Traci, Nolan, Marisa, Val, Jane, Eric, Robert, Simone, Margalit, Tracy, Elise, Leslie R-J., Roger, Stacy, Lori, Sarah B. and welcome to Leslie M., Susan M., and Ben.

TIME: 8:00am to 11:45am

WEATHER: Low 70s, cloudy but becoming sunny, light winds

Compiler: Mike

 

1.      Canada Goose  Number observed: 50

2.      Wood Duck  Number observed: 5

3.      Mallard  Number observed: 3

4.      Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  Number observed: 5

5.      Chimney Swift  Number observed: 60

6.      Ruby-throated Hummingbird  Number observed: 4

7.      Ring-billed Gull  Number observed: 1

8.      Caspian Tern  Number observed: 1

9.      Double-crested Cormorant  Number observed: 3

10.   Black-crowned Night Heron  Number observed: 2

11.   Green Heron  Number observed: 3

12.   Great Egret   Number observed: 3

13.   Great Blue Heron  Number observed: 3

14.   Turkey Vulture  Number observed: 1

15.   Cooper's Hawk  Number observed: 1

16.   Bald Eagle  Number observed: 1

17.   Broad-winged Hawk  Number observed: 1

18.   Red-shouldered Hawk  Number observed: 1

19.   Red-tailed Hawk  Number observed: 1

20.   Downy Woodpecker  Number observed: 3

21.   Northern Flicker  Number observed: 2

22.   American Kestrel  Number observed: 2

23.   Eastern Phoebe  Number observed: 1

24.   Eastern Kingbird  Number observed: 4

25.   Warbling Vireo  Number observed: 2

26.   American Crow  Number observed: 6

27.   Black-capped Chickadee  Number observed: 2

28.   Barn Swallow  Number observed: 16

29.   White-breasted Nuthatch  Number observed: 2

30.   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  Number observed: 3

31.   Northern House Wren  Number observed: 1

32.   European Starling  Number observed: 84

33.   Gray Catbird  Number observed: 3

34.   American Robin  Number observed: 5

35.   Cedar Waxwing  Number observed: 33

36.   House Sparrow  Number observed: 8

37.   American Goldfinch  Number observed: 12

38.   Baltimore Oriole  Number observed: 5

39.   Black-and-white Warbler  Number observed: 1

40.   Tennessee Warbler  Number observed: 1

41.   American Redstart  Number observed: 1

42.   Blackpoll Warbler Number observed: 1

43.   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.

Good birding everyone,

Jennie

Photo: Rusty blackbird by Shari McCollough