Quick walks on the east side morning and afternoon turned up the following:
Pied-billed Grebe
Mallard
Wood Duck
Cooper’s Hawk (chasing a Mourning Dove)
American Kestrel (with what looked like a large insect in its talons; a couple of goldfinches flew close to its perch to take a look)
European Starling
Carolina Wren (heard only, for the entire morning walk)
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
Indigo [...]
Pied-billed Grebe - 1-2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1 male
Belted Kingfisher (heard only)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
American Crow - several
Blue Jay - 2
Nashville Warbler - 1
warbler sp. - 1
Indigo Bunting - 2
Field Sparrow - 12+
Swamp Sparrow - 8+
Song Sparrow - 20+
White-throated Sparrow - 30+
Dark-eyed Junco - [...]
Late this afternoon while talking with my mother on the phone, I saw a Hermit Thrush in the back yard. It would be nice if it stayed for a while.
Three of us birded Horseshoe Lake this morning, looking primarily for sparrows, ducks, and grebes. There was a hunt going on on the Highway 111 side (ducks were fleeing the gunshot), so we didn’t check out Walker’s Island. We did drive to the north side of that part of the lake, where we found 4 [...]
