Spring Birdwalk

Pete (the black dog on the bottom left) entertained the group.

Today was the 28th Annual Spring Birdwalk at the Prairie Garden Trust. The leader was Jim D. Wilson. Despite cool windy weather and deeply overcast skies it turned out to be a wonderful 3-hour walk. We covered the range of various habitats: domestic, woodland, swamp, prairie, creek and savanna.

Here is the list of the 52 bird species identified:

• American Goldfinch
• Yellow-throated Vireo
• Cooper's Hawk
• Eastern Kingbird
• American Robin
• Barn Swallow
• Black-and-White Warbler
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Blue Jay
• Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
• Blue-winged Warbler
• Brown-Headed Cowbird
• Canada Goose
• Carolina Wren
• Chipping Sparrow
• Common Yellowthroat
• Eastern Bluebird
• Eastern Towhee
• Eastern Wood-Pewee
• Field Sparrow
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Crested Flycatcher
• Great-horned Owl
• Green Heron
• Harris Sparrow
• Henslow's Sparrow
• Hooded Merganser
• House Sparrow
• House Wren
• Indigo Bunting
• Louisiana Waterthrush
• Mourning Dove
• Northern Cardinal
• Northern Parula
• Orchard Oriole
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Red-Eyed Vireo
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Rough-winged Swallow
• Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
• Song Sparrow
• Summer Tanager
• Tree Swallow
• Tufted Titmouse
• Turkey Vulture
• Wood Duck
• Wood Thrush
• Worm-eating Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Yellow-throated Warbler