Hello everyone,
It was a beautiful winter morning with sun and blue skies, but it was chilly, especially in the wind. The birds didn’t like the cold either so very few came out to visit us.
We were pleased to find three beautiful Common Mergansers among the waterfowl. A couple White-throated Sparrows were foraging and finding as many seeds as they could. A fast-flying Peregrine Falcon raced south over the lagoon. The surprise of the day was a Golden-crowned Kinglet in the center of the Island. That’s a rare sighting for us in the winter.
BIRDERS: Jennie, Mike, Mark C., Luther, Mark W., Daniela, Jeff, Mark M., Yuqing, Caterina, Sarah, Amir, Jillian, Madhu, Marisa, welcome back to Chicago Mark N. and Sandra N., and welcome to the walk Keuang, Jillian and Fatima.
TIME: 8:00am to 9:50am
WEATHER: 15 degrees, sunny, breezy
Compiler: Mike
1. Canada Goose Number observed:133
2. Mallard Number observed: 4
3. Common Merganser Number observed: 3
4. Red-breasted Merganser Number observed: 4
5. Ring-billed Gull Number observed: 2
6. American Herring Gull Number observed: 2
7. Red-tailed Hawk Number observed: 1
8. Red-bellied Woodpecker Number observed: 1
9. Hairy Woodpecker Number observed: 1
10. Peregrine Falcon Number observed: 1
11. American Crow Number observed: 5
12. Black-capped Chickadee Number observed: 7
13. Golden-crowned Kinglet Number observed: 1
14. White-breasted Nuthatch Number observed: 2
15. Brown Creeper Number observed: 1
16. European Starling Number observed: 1
17. House Sparrow Number observed: 1
18. House Finch Number observed: 1
19. American Goldfinch Number observed: 3
20. Dark-eyed Junco Number observed: 2
21. White-throated Sparrow Number observed: 2
22. Northern Cardinal Number observed: 4
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